18th Mar 2019 13:24
18 March 2019
Notification of Changes in the Interests of Directors/PDMRs
William Hill PLC (LSE: WMH) confirms that in accordance with the current Remuneration Policy of the Company approved by shareholders of the Company at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held in 2017, awards under the Group's Executive Deferred Share Bonus Plan ("EDSBP"), have been granted over the Company's ordinary share capital to Philip Bowcock, Chief Executive Officer and Ruth Prior, Chief Financial Officer, on 18 March 2019 as follows:
Director / PDMR | EDSBP Award (at £1.5830 per share) |
Philip Bowcock | 63,842 |
Ruth Prior | 41,781 |
The EDSBP Awards are granted as nil-cost deferred share awards with the values linked to the bonus outcomes for the 2018 financial year under the Company's Annual Bonus Plan, and represent deferral of 50% of the respective bonus outcomes. The deferral period for the awards commenced on 1 January 2019 and is expected to end on the announcement of the financial results for the 2020 financial year.
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
| 1) Philip Bowcock 2) Ruth Prior
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| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| 1) Chief Executive Officer (Director and PDMR) 2) Chief Financial Officer (Director and PDMR)
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b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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
| Grant of Awards under the 2017 Executive Deferred Share Bonus Plan | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
£1.5830 per share | 63,842 ordinary shares | ||||
£1.5830 per share | 41,781 ordinary shares | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | 1) 63,842 ordinary shares 2) 41,781 ordinary shares | ||||
- Price | £1.5830 per ordinary share (for both grants) | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 18 March 2019 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London, UK | |||
OAM: Additional Regulated Information
William Hill LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82
About William Hill |
William Hill PLC is one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies, employing c15,500 people. Its origins are in the UK where it was founded in 1934, and where it is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The majority of its £1.6 billion annual revenues are still derived from the UK, where it has a national presence of licensed betting offices and one of the leading online betting and gaming services. In 2012, it established William Hill US with a focus on retail and mobile operations in Nevada, the largest sports betting business in the US. Following the ruling in May 2018 by the US Supreme Court that the federal ban on state sponsored sports betting was unconstitutional, William Hill US has expanded into new states as they regulate sports betting. It is now operating in seven states: Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Island, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. William Hill's Online business acquired Mr Green & Co AB in January 2019, growing its international operations. William Hill PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of both the FTSE 250 and FTSE4Good Indices.
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