24th Apr 2020 08:27
William Hill PLC (the "Company")
24 April 2020
Director / PDMR Shareholding
The Company announces that, on 23 April 2020, it received notification that Matt Ashley, an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer (Designate) of the Company and a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMR), acquired 220,802 ordinary shares at an average price of £0.9255, in the Company.
This purchase follows and is in line with the previous Company announcement on 08 April 2020 which disclosed information regarding Matt Ashley's remuneration terms and his agreement to reinvest the net proceeds from the buy-out of an incentive pay award due in April 2020, forfeited by him on leaving his former employer, into ordinary shares in the Company. Further details of that previous announcement can be found on the Company's website williamhillplc.com/investors/board-and-governance/remuneration/update-on-executive-remuneration
The following information is given in accordance with Article 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulation:
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Matt Ashley | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer (Designate) (Director and PDMR) | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| William Hill PLC | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82 | |||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
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Identification code | ISIN: GB0031698896 | ||||
SEDOL: 3169889 | |||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Purchase of ordinary shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
£0.9255 | 220,802 ordinary shares | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | 220,802 ordinary shares | ||||
- Price | £204,352 | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 23 April 2020 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London, UK | |||
OAM: Additional Regulated InformationWilliam Hill LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82
Enquiries:Simon CallanderCompany Secretary
William Hill PLC
Related Shares:
WMH.L