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RNS Number : 0005A

William Hill PLC

20 March 2017

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

Tom Fuller

Assistant Company Secretary

20 March 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                        William Hill PLC 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                 X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                    Morgan Stanley (Institutional 
  subject to the                                                Securities Group and Global 
  notification obligation:                                          Wealth Management) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                             16.03.2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                20.03.2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached:                                                                  6% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type      Situation previous        Resulting situation after the 
  of              to the triggering         triggering transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
--------------  ------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
                 Number       Number       Number        Number of                % of voting 
                  of           of           of shares     voting                   rights 
                  Shares       Voting                     rights 
                               Rights 
--------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
                                           Direct        Direct        Indirect   Direct   Indirect 
--------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  -------  ------------ 
 GB0031698896    57,617       57,617       1,422,876     1,422,876                0.17% 
                -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  -------  ------------ 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of         Expiration                Exercise/     Number of     % of voting 
 financial        date (xiii)              Conversion    voting         rights 
 instrument                                Period        rights that 
                                           (xiv)         may be 
                                                         acquired if 
                                                         the 
                                                         instrument 
                                                         is 
                                                         exercised/ 
                                                         converted. 
--------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -------------------------------- 
 Depositary 
  Receipt                  N/A                 N/A          5,012                   0.00% 
--------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -------------------------------- 
 Right of 
  recall 
  over 
  securities 
  lending 
  agreements               N/A                 N/A       50,260,974                 5.86% 
--------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -------------------------------- 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of         Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/     Number of     % of voting 
  financial      price        date         Conversion    voting         rights 
  instrument                               period        rights 
                                                         instrument 
                                                         refers to 
--------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  -------------------------------- 
                                                                       Nominal           Delta 
--------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap        N/A       28.11.2017       N/A         202,000       N/A             0.02% 
--------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap        N/A       01.02.2018       N/A         185,000       N/A             0.02% 
--------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap        N/A       08.10.2018       N/A         278,209       N/A             0.03% 
--------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap        N/A       30.11.2018       N/A         55,982        N/A             0.01% 
--------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap        N/A       13.12.2018       N/A         926,659       N/A             0.11% 
--------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap        N/A       13.03.2018       N/A         113,642       N/A             0.01% 
--------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------  --------------------- 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 53,450,354                6.23% 
------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 
 
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Legal & Compliance 
  Department, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 
  4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is a direct holder of 52,216,362 
  voting rights (6.09%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan 
  Stanley Investments (UK) 
 
  Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary 
  Wharf, London, E14 4AD, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect 
  holder of 52,216,362 voting rights (6.09%) and is a 
  subsidiary of Morgan Stanley UK Group 
 
  Morgan Stanley UK Group, 25 Cabot Square, LNCS/5, Canary 
  Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect 
  holder of 52,216,362 voting rights (6.09%) and is a 
  subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Limited 
 
  Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square, 
  Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an 
  indirect holder of 52,216,362 voting rights (6.09%) 
  and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International 
  Holdings Inc. 
 
  Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., c/o The 
  Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 
  1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA. 
  is an indirect holder of 52,216,362 voting rights (6.09%) 
  and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                            N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy                        N/A 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will                      N/A 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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                                                          Morgan Stanley's total holding 
  13. Additional information:                              in William Hill PLC remains 
                                                           above the 6.00% threshold 
                                                           previously disclosed however, 
                                                           this notification is being 
                                                           made on the basis that Morgan 
                                                           Stanley & Co. International 
                                                           plc, a wholly owned subsidiary 
                                                           of Morgan Stanley, has crossed 
                                                           a relevant threshold in its 
                                                           own right. 
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 14. Contact name:                                        Craig Horsley 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                            +44 141 245-7736 
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