William Hill PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2019

Dec 30, 2019

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RNS Number : 2660Y

William Hill PLC

30 December 2019

The following notification was received on 27 December by William Hill PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill PLC.

Balbir Kelly-Bisla

Company Secretary

30 December 2019

OAM: Major Shareholding Notifications

William Hill LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82

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
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name			Société Générale SA (SG SA)
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Puteaux, France
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:			23/12/2019
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			27/12/2019
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	5.98%	0.00%		5.98%	874,146,045
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	6.01%	0.00%		6.01%

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)
GB0031698896 Ordinary shares			51,459,016		0			5.89%		0
GB0031698896 Borrowed Ordinary shares			773,925		0			0.09%		0
SUBTOTAL 8. A			52,232,941					5.98%
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
						SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
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				X
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)
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
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional information

Place of completion	London, United Kingdom
Date of completion	December 27th, 2019

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