William Hill PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2021

Mar 23, 2021

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William Hill PLC

23 March 2021

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB0031698896

Issuer Name

WILLIAM HILL PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

4. Details of the shareholder

Is the shareholder the same as the person subject to the notification obligation, above?

No

NAME	CITY OF REGISTERED OFFICE	COUNTRY OF REGISTERED OFFICE
J.P. Morgan AG
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities plc

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

19-Mar-2021

6. Date on which Issuer notified

23-Mar-2021

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 held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	2.039651	4.502234	6.541885	68744574
Position of previous notification (if applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

CLASS/TYPE OF SHARES ISIN CODE(IF POSSIBLE)	NUMBER OF DIRECT VOTING RIGHTS (DTR5.1)	NUMBER OF INDIRECT VOTING RIGHTS (DTR5.2.1)	% OF DIRECT VOTING RIGHTS (DTR5.1)	% OF INDIRECT VOTING RIGHTS (DTR5.2.1)
GB0031698896		21433411		2.039651
Sub Total 8.A	21433411		2.039651%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(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
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

TYPE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT	EXPIRATION DATE	EXERCISE/CONVERSION PERIOD	PHYSICAL OR CASH SETTLEMENT	NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS	% OF VOTING RIGHTS
Cash-settled Equity Swap	29/03/2021	29/03/2021	Cash	822217	0.078244
Cash-settled Equity Swap	31/03/2021	31/03/2021	Cash	17695733	1.683965
Cash-settled Equity Swap	08/04/2021	08/04/2021	Cash	2964204	0.282080
Cash-settled Equity Swap	05/05/2021	05/05/2021	Cash	3624753	0.344940
Cash-settled Equity Swap	15/06/2021	15/06/2021	Cash	1500000	0.142743
Cash-settled Equity Swap	30/07/2021	30/07/2021	Cash	17000000	1.617758
Cash-settled Equity Swap	14/09/2021	14/09/2021	Cash	3620019	0.344489
Cash-settled Equity Swap	15/10/2021	15/10/2021	Cash	1000	0.000095
Cash-settled Equity Swap	05/04/2022	05/04/2022	Cash	35555	0.003383
Cash-settled Equity Swap	21/04/2022	21/04/2022	Cash	1349	0.000128
Cash-settled Equity Swap	04/05/2022	04/05/2022	Cash	46333	0.004409
Sub Total 8.B2				47311163	4.502234%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. 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 entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate Controlling Person	Name of controlled undertaking	% 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
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	J.P. Morgan Securities plc	1.964763	4.502235	6.466998
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC			0.000000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association			0.000000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	J.P. Morgan AG			0.000000

10. In case of proxy voting

Is there proxy voting?

No

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

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (100%)

J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited (100%)

J.P. Morgan Capital Holdings Limited (100%)

J.P. Morgan Securities plc (100%)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (100%)

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (100%)

JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC (100%)

J.P. Morgan Broker-Dealer Holdings Inc. (100%)

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (100%)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (100%)

J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited (100%)

J.P. Morgan AG (100%)

12. Date of Completion

23-Mar-2021

13. Place Of Completion

London

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