21st Jun 2005 14:15
William Hill PLC21 June 2005 21 June 2005 WILLIAM HILL PLC ("the Company") NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS Following approval by shareholders of the William Hill Performance Share Plan("the PSP") at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 17 June2005, David Harding, Chief Executive, and Tom Singer, Chief Operating Officer,were yesterday granted awards under the PSP over ordinary shares of 10p each inthe Company ("Shares"). Awards were in line with the details contained in thecircular to shareholders dated 31 May 2005. On the same date they were allocatedthe Share element under the 2004 Operating Bonus Scheme. Details are set outbelow: Director Shares under PSP Shares under 2004 Operating award (1) Bonus Scheme award (2) David Harding 245,353 10,037Tom Singer 184,014 5,921 1. The number of Shares under the PSP awards is the maximum number available onsatisfaction in full of relevant performance targets. Subject to the achievementof those performance targets (which will be measured over a three year period)those Shares which vest under these awards can be called for during the period20 June 2008 to 19 June 2015. No amount was paid for the grant of the award andno amount is payable on calling for Shares under the award. 2. Under the terms of the 2004 Operating Bonus Scheme two thirds of the bonus ispayable in cash with one third payable in Shares to be released to the relevantindividual after a three-year period ending on 20 June 2008. Following this announcement, the interests of the Executive Directors in theCompany's Share Schemes are as follows: Director Long Term Executive SAYE PSP 2004 Incentive Director (no of (no of Operating Plan Incentive shares) shares) Bonus Scheme (no of Plan (no of shares) (no of shares) shares) David 81,508 855,556 - 245,353 10,037 Harding Tom Singer 48,090 427,778 7,350 184,014 5,921 Helen GranthamCompany Secretary020 8918 3769 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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