William Hill PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jul 17, 2017

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RNS Number : 2941L

William Hill PLC

17 July 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

17 July 2017

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are     attached:			William Hill Plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments						X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name			Parvus Asset Management Europe Limited
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			London, United Kingdom
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name			Parvus Asset Management Europe Limited has been appointed as Investment Manager of 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.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			N/A
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:			13/07/2017
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			17/07/2017
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights   attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial        instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of     issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached		123,254,415		14.37%	857,803,030
Position of previous notification (if applicable)		135,436,382		15.79%

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rights					% of voting rights
Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
SUBTOTAL 8. A
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial     instrument		Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion    Period		Physical or cash settlement			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Equity Swap	04/12/2017		N/A		Cash			41,948,803	4.89%
Equity Swap	02/07/2018		N/A		Cash			1,393,421	0.16%
Equity Swap	11/07/2018		N/A		Cash			33,420,964	3.90%
Equity Swap	07/08/2018		N/A		Cash			489,648	0.06%
Equity Swap	08/08/2018		N/A		Cash			1,499,565	0.17%
Equity Swap	31/10/2018		N/A		Cash			2,344,108	0.27%
Equity Swap	21/11/2018		N/A		Cash			375,579	0.04%
Equity Swap	26/11/2018		N/A		Cash			41,342,764	4.82%
Equity Swap	28/06/2019		N/A		Cash			198,177	0.02%
Equity Swap	05/07/2019		N/A		Cash			241,386	0.03%
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2			123,254,415	14.37%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are       effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity(please add additional rows as necessary)				X
Name	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial       instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Edoardo Mercadante		14.37%	14.37%
Parvus Asset Management (Cayman) Limited		14.37%	14.37%
Parvus Asset Management Limited		14.37%	14.37%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder		N/A
The number and % of voting rights held		N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held		N/A
11. Additional information
N/A

Place of completion	London, United Kingdom
Date of completion	17/07/2017

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