Holding(s) in Company

8th Dec 2008 12:14



The following notification was received on 5 December 2008 by William Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.

Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary

8 December 2008

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests 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 place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (   )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (   )

Other (please specify) : (   )

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3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

FIL Limited (FIL)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :

Shares Held	Management Company	Nominee/Registered Name
262,300	FPM	BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
334,800	FIMHK	BERMUDA TRUST FAR EAST HK
21,400	FIL	BNP PARIBAS, PARIS ( C )
3,557,520	FIL	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN LTD LUX
19,900	FIJ	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
91,600	FIL	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
11,200	FIL	HSBC INVST BANK LTD SEOUL
24,100	FIL	HSBC TRINKAUS UND BURKH AG
1,183,916	FII	JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH
927,800	FIL	JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH
9,597,155	FISL	JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH
319,500	FPM	JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH
128,800	FIJ	MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN
23,500	FIL	NORDEUTSCHE LANDERSBANK
75,500	FIL	NORTHERN TRUST CO
171,300	FIL	NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
541,800	FPM	NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
71,100	FIL	STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S)
216,500	FIA(K)L	STATE STREET HONG KONG
8,900	FIL	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN LTD IRE
134,400	FIL	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMUTH ( C )
109,600	FIJ	NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING ( C )
17,832,591		Grand Total Ordinary Shares

 

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

4 December 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

5 December 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5%

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
ISIN GB0031698896	17,042,846	17,042,846

	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares  if possible use ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ISIN GB0031698896	17,832,591	17,832,591	Nil	5,12%	Nil

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted)	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
17,832,591	5.12%

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

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

FIL Limited (FIL)

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

789,745 shares

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

4 December 2008

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Evangelos Karatzas

15. Contact telephone number:

 [email protected]

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