William Hill PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Apr 25, 2014

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RNS Number : 5765F

William Hill PLC

25 April 2014

The following notification was received on 24 April 2014 by William Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.

Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary

25 April 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii												WILLIAM HILL PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights																		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii									OppenheimerFunds, Inc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v									April 23, 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:									April 24, 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii									5.00% (increased to 5.13%)
8. Notified details: Investor Relations Contact Computershare Investor Services PLC The Pavilions Bridgwater Road Bristol BS99 6ZY United Kingdom
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction							Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares				Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares				Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct				Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
GB0031698896								44,669,580						44,669,580			5.13%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument				Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv						Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price			Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii					Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
																Nominal		Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights										Percentage of voting rights
44,669,580										5.13%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
OppenheimerFunds, Inc, ("OFI") is a registered investment advisor with the US SEC.  Its ultimate parent company, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, qualifies for disaggregation under FSA regulations.  The shares of the issuer are held by investment accounts managed by OFI and its subsidiary, OFI Global Asset Management, Inc ("OFIG").
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:										Cathy Swegart Sr. Compliance Specialist OppenheimerFunds, Inc
15. Contact telephone number:										001(303) 768 3149

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