William Hill PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jun 28, 2017

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RNS Number : 4494J

William Hill PLC

28 June 2017

The following notification was received today by William Hill PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill PLC.

Tom Fuller

Deputy Company Secretary

28 June 2017

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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:		Parvus Asset Management Europe Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		Parvus Asset Management Europe Limited has been appointed as Investment Manager a number of funds and managed accounts. Under the terms of the various investment management agreements, Parvus Asset Management Europe Limited holds the power to vote any physical shareholdings held by these clients.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		26/06/2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		28/06/2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Going below 17%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
Direct		Direct		Indirect	Direct
-	-			-			-
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period
-			-		-
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period
Equity Swap		N/A		04/12/2017		N/A
6.04			-
Equity Swap		N/A		02/07/2018		N/A
Equity Swap		N/A		11/07/2018		N/A
Equity Swap		N/A		08/08/2018		N/A
Equity Swap		N/A		31/10/2018		N/A
Equity Swap		N/A		21/11/2018		N/A
Equity Swap		N/A		26/11/2018		N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
145,811,427

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Parvus Asset Management Europe Limited is controlled by Parvus Asset Management Limited and Oakentree Limited. Parvus Asset Management Limited is in turn controlled by Parvus Asset Management (Cayman) Limited, which is controlled by Edoardo Mercadante. Oakentree Limited is in turn controlled by Mads Gensmann. Messrs Mercadante and Gensmann are directors of Parvus Asset Management Limited, which under the terms of the various investment management agreements, holds the power to vote on any physical shareholdings held by the funds and managed accounts.
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:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Angus Milne
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 440 2330

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