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RNS Number : 3558H

William Hill PLC

24 March 2020

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

William Hill PLC.

Balbir Kelly-Bisla

Company Secretary

24 March 2020

OAM: Major Shareholding Notifications

William Hill LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82

TR-1: S tandard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS 
 
 1a. Identity of the issuer or the                                      William Hill plc 
  underlying issuer of 
  existing shares to which voting rights 
  are attached: 
                                                          -------------------------------------------- 
 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                                                        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                                                           The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
                                                                             ("CGC") 
 City and country of registered office                             Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA 
  (if applicable) 
 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                                       20 March 2020 
  crossed or reached: 
                                                          -------------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):                           23 March 2020 
                                                          -------------------------------------------- 
 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
                            % of voting      % of voting rights    Total of both   Total number 
                               rights         through financial     in % (8.A +     of voting rights 
                             attached to         instruments            8.B)        of 
                            shares (total       (total of 8.B                       issuer 
                              of 8. A)           1 + 8.B 2) 
                          ---------------  ---------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                  4.8698 %            0.0000 %           4.8698 %          874,189,537 
                          ---------------  ---------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if applicable)             9.9763 %            0.0000%            9.9763 % 
                          ---------------  ---------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 
 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         Number of voting rights                                % of voting rights 
 shares 
 ISIN code (if 
 possible) 
                               Direct                    Indirect                      Direct              Indirect 
                         (Art 9 of Directive        (Art 10 of Directive         (Art 9 of Directive          (Art 
                            2004/109/EC)                2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)          10 
                              (DTR5.1)                   (DTR5.2.1)                                            of 
                                                                                                           Directive 
                                                                                                          2004/109/EC) 
                                                                                                           (DTR5.2.1) 
                                               ---------------------------- 
 Ordinary                                                                                                4.8698 
  (GB0031698896)                                42,571,073                                                % 
                      -----------------------  ----------------------------  -------------------------  -------------- 
 
 
 SUBTOTAL 8. A                              42,571,073                                        4.8698 % 
                      -----------------------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 
 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 
  2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
 Type of financial     Expiration     Exercise/                        Number of voting                  % of 
  instrument            date           Conversion Period                rights that may                   voting 
                                                                        be acquired if                    rights 
                                                                        the instrument 
                                                                        is 
                                                                        exercised/converted. 
                      -------------  -------------------------------  --------------------------------  -------------- 
 N/A 
                      -------------  -------------------------------  --------------------------------  -------------- 
 
 
                                      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          Expiration          Exercise/             Physical or            Number of             % of 
  financial        date (x)            Conversion            cash                   voting rights         voting 
  instrument                           Period                settlement                                   rights 
                 ------------------  --------------------  ---------------------  -------------------- 
 N/A 
                      -------------  --------------------  ---------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
                                                            SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 
                                                           ---------------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 
 
 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                       X 
  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    % of voting rights        Total of both if 
                             if it equals or      through financial         it equals or is 
                             is higher than       instruments if it         higher than the 
                             the notifiable      equals or is higher      notifiable threshold 
                                threshold              than the 
                                                 notifiable threshold 
                          -------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 The Capital Group 
  Companies, Inc. 
  Holdings by CG 
  Management companies 
  are set out below: 
                          -------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 -- Capital Research 
  and 
  Management Company(1) 
                          -------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 (1) Subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
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 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 
 The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") is the parent company of Capital 
  Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and Capital Bank & Trust Company 
  ("CB&T"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that serves 
  as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds, other 
  pooled investment vehicles, as well as individual and institutional clients. 
  CRMC and its investment manager affiliates manage equity assets for various 
  investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global 
  Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. 
  CRMC is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), 
  which in turn is the parent company of four investment management companies 
  ("CGII management companies"): Capital International, Inc., Capital International 
  Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K. 
  CGII management companies and CB&T primarily serve as investment managers 
  to institutional and high net worth clients. CB&T is a U.S.-based investment 
  management company that is a registered investment adviser and an affiliated 
  federally chartered bank. 
 
  Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company for 
  its own account. Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are 
  owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one 
  or more of the investment management companies described above. 
 
 
 
 Place of completion   Los Angeles, CA, USA 
 Date of completion    23 March 2020 
                      --------------------- 
 

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