RNS Number : 9312H

William Hill PLC

26 June 2013



The following notification was received on 24 June 2013 by William Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.

Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary

26 June 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:   William Hill PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	Change in outstanding voting rights

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	The Capital Group Companies, Inc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	21 June 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24 June 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 13%

	8. Notified details:
	A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE		Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
		Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
				Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares		111,698,204	111,698,204			115,975,361		13.3951%
(ISIN: GB0031698896

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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
N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
N/A					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
115,975,361	13.3951%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

                                                                                    No. of Shares               Percent of                                                                                                                                 Outstanding

The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CG") Holdings    115,975,361                  13.395%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:

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Capital Research and Management Company                   115,975,361                  13.395%

·      Capital Income Builder

·      EuroPacific Growth Fund

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name and Contact Address:	GRGroup@capgroup.com
15. Contact telephone number:	(213) 615 0469

ANNEX

A. Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full Name (including legal form of legal entities)	The Capital Group Companies, Inc
Contact Address (registered office for legal entities)	333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number & email	(213) 615 0469 GRGroup@capgroup.com

B. Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Gina Martinez
Contact address	333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number & email	(213) 615 0469 GRGroup@capgroup.com
Other useful information	Fax: (213) 615 4056

C. Additional Information

Due to a company reorganization, Capital Group International, Inc ("CGII") and Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") will no longer report relevant holdings separately.  With effect from 1 September 2012, the holdings under management will be reported in aggregate by the group's parent company, The Capital Group Companies, Inc

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