William Hill PLC — Director's Dealing 2021

Apr 21, 2021

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RNS Number : 1623W

William Hill PLC

21 April 2021

21 April 2021

WILLIAM HILL PLC (The 'Company')

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

The following information is given in accordance with Article 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulation and is made on behalf Ulrik Bengtsson a PDMR, in William Hill PLC under article 19.1 of the Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR').  The shares described below were transferred to Ulrik Bengtsson in settlement of his award under the Company's Executive Deferred Share Bonus Plan, which vested in accordance with its terms upon the sanction by the High Court of Justice in England and Wales of the scheme of arrangement in connection with the recommended cash acquisition of the Company by Caesars UK Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. on 20 April 2021.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Ulrik Bengtsson
	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	William Hill PLC
b)	LEI	213800MDW41W5UZQIX82
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
Identification code	ISIN: GB0031698896
	SEDOL: 3169889
b)	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of award under the Company's Executive Deferred Share Bonus Plan ("EDSBP") of 189,257 ordinary shares granted on 9 March 2020. Sufficient shares were sold on exercise to cover the resulting tax liability with the remaining shareholding retained.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
		Price	EDSBP (i)	Sold to cover tax liability (ii)	Shares retained
		£2.719	189,257	89,264	99,993
d)	Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume	(i)  189,257 (ii) 89,264
- Price	(i)  £514,590 (ii) £242,709
e)	Date of the transaction	20 April 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

OAM: Additional Regulated Information

William Hill LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82

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