19th May 2014 14:54
19 May 2014
WILLIAM HILL PLC ("the Company")
NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS
In fulfilment of obligations under DTR 3.1.2R and DTR 3.1.4R (1) (a), William Hill PLC ('the Company') wishes to notify the following changes in the interests of persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') in ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ('Shares') arising out of the grant of an award of shares ('Awards') under the William Hill PLC Performance Share Plan 2014 ('PSP 2014').
Ralph Topping, Chief Executive, and Neil Cooper, Group Finance Director, were on Monday 19 May 2014 granted an award under the PSP 2014 over shares in the Company. Details are set out below:
Director | PSP 2014 (no. of Shares) |
Ralph Topping | 399,754 |
Neil Cooper | 204,490 |
These awards are granted as a nil-cost option award. Vesting of the PSP 2014 Shares are conditional, inter alia, on satisfying three performance conditions which are measured over a performance period of four financial years: 50% of the award will be subject to a performance condition based on relative shareholder return (TSR), 25% will be subject to a performance condition based on growth in earnings per share (EPS), and the remaining 25% will be subject to a performance condition based on the business performance measures.
The existing interests of the Executive Directors in the Company's Share Schemes are as follows.
Director | EBMS * 2012 (no. of Shares) | EBMS * 2013 (no. of Shares) | PSP * 2010 (no. of Shares) |
PSP + 2011 (no. of Shares)
| PSP * 2012 (no. of Shares) |
PSP * 2013 (no. of Shares) | SAYE * 2011 (no. of Shares) | SAYE * 2012 (no. of Shares) |
Ralph Topping | 315,589 | 192,550 | 587,888 | 396,438 | 315,104 | 166,710 | - | 5,451 |
Neil Cooper | 103,897 | 58,477 | 385,049 | 231,254 | 184,215 | 97,461 | 6,442 | - |
In the above table, 'EBMS' refers to the Executive Bonus Matching Scheme; 'PSP' refers to the Performance Share Plan; and 'SAYE' refers to the Save As You Earn Sharesave Scheme.
* These awards have not vested and are subject to either the satisfaction of performance conditions, the completion of a deferral period or in the case of the SAYE, the completion of a savings contract.
+ This award has vested but has not yet been exercised.
Ralph Topping has an interest in 15,210 Shares, equivalent to less than 0.1% of the Company's issued share capital.
Neil Cooper has an interest in 52,160 Shares, equivalent to less than 0.1% of the Company's issued share capital.
Dennis Read
Deputy Company Secretary
020 8918 3723
Related Shares:
WMH.L