William Hill PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • May 9, 2017

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William Hill PLC

09 May 2017

WILLIAM HILL PLC

Result of 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

9 May 2017

William Hill PLC (LSE:WMH) announces the results of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held today, Tuesday 9 May 2017 at 11.00 am at the Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT.

All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 14 March 2017 were voted on by way of a poll and the results of each resolution are shown below. All resolutions were duly approved by proxy votes received and the final proxy voting position by resolution is shown below.

Resolution		For	%	Against	%	Withheld
1	To receive the annual report and accounts	543,695,079	99.92	449,327	0.08	640,426
2	To approve the directors' remuneration policy	532,517,299	97.88	11,557,037	2.12	686,821
3	To approve the annual report on remuneration	531,064,434	98.28	9,318,924	1.72	4,377,799
4	To declare a final dividend	544,180,535	100.00	23,553	0.00	556,214
5	To elect Mark Brooker	540,370,556	99.32	3,716,952	0.68	673,650
6	To elect John O'Reilly	540,363,986	99.31	3,738,527	0.69	658,645
7	To elect Robin Terrell	540,358,949	99.31	3,732,517	0.69	668,878
8	To re-elect Gareth Davis	500,827,548	92.60	40,011,024	7.40	3,920,026
9	To re-elect Philip Bowcock	543,974,193	99.97	144,665	0.03	643,188
10	To re-elect Sir Roy Gardner	536,558,979	98.61	7,556,716	1.39	646,351
11	To re-elect Georgina Harvey	540,257,544	99.29	3,851,943	0.71	651,671
12	To re-elect Ashley Highfield	540,236,549	99.29	3,851,460	0.71	673,149
13	To re-elect David Lowden	539,522,379	99.16	4,593,778	0.84	645,000
14	To re-elect Imelda Walsh	540,280,871	99.30	3,833,845	0.70	646,442
15	To re-appoint the Auditors	491,924,499	90.40	52,223,531	9.60	612,127
16	To authorise the Audit and Risk Management Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	503,517,806	92.53	40,668,875	7.47	574,477
17	Authority to make or incur EU political donations and EU political expenditure	528,420,156	97.61	12,953,213	2.39	3,383,001
18	Authority to allot securities	431,563,760	79.31	112,578,933	20.69	618,465
19	Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights for allotments up to a nominal amount of £4,288,725	543,789,209	99.94	312,546	0.06	657,937
20	Authority to dis-apply pre-emption rights for allotments up to a nominal amount of £4,288,725 in connection with specified events	422,542,743	77.66	121,523,786	22.34	694,628
21	Authority to purchase own shares	536,988,923	98.68	7,197,878	1.32	572,186
22	Approval of the William Hill 2017 Executive Deferred Share Bonus Plan	539,090,625	99.08	5,016,119	0.92	650,182
23	Approval of amendments to the Performance Share Plan	533,622,168	98.07	10,480,049	1.93	658,940
24	Notice of General Meeting	507,419,289	93.72	34,029,986	6.28	3,311,770

Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and has not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution. The total issued share capital of the Company as at close of business on 8 May 2017 was 887,295,272, with total voting rights as at the same date of 857,789,229.

The Board notes the votes against resolution 18, which grants authority to the directors to allot securities generally, and resolution 20, which allows the directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights up to an additional five per cent of the Company's issued share capital in connection with the financing of a transaction or similar capital investment. Both proposals were presented to shareholders in accordance with current UK best practice guidance, including the relevant guidelines published by the Pre-Emption Group. The Board understands that the votes against are largely attributable to specific institutional investors acting in accordance with their voting guidelines, which are not currently supportive of prevailing UK share capital management guidance. The Board will keep under review best practice for resolutions and the views of our shareholders.

A copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than ordinary business, is being uploaded today to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The proxy figures for the resolutions will also be displayed on the corporate website www.williamhillplc.com.

Enquiries:

William Hill PLC

Luke Thomas, Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 20 8 918 3723

Brunswick

Andrew Porter / Oliver Hughes   

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7 404 5959

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