RNS Number : 1289W

William Hill PLC

06 February 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

6 February 2017

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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		2 February 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		3 February 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		5.00% (decreased to 4.71%)

8. Notified details: Investor Relations Contact: Computershare Investor Services PLC The Pavilions Bridgwater Road Bristol BS99 6ZZ United Kingdom ir@williamhill.co.uk

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

GB0031698896

44,473,288

44,473,288

40,430,974

4.71%

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

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

40,430,974

4.71%

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

OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") is a registered investment advisor with the U.S. SEC.  Its ultimate parent company, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, qualifies for disaggregation under FSA regulations.  The shares of the issuer are held by investment accounts managed by OFI and its subsidiary, OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. ("OFIG").

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:

The percentage of holdings noted above is based on the total number of voting rights in the company to be 857,679,766 as disclosed by the company on 1 February 2017.

14. Contact name:

Judith Gottlieb Compliance Specialist OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

15. Contact telephone number:

001 (212) 323-4858

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