Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

x

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

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

Change in outstanding voting rights

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

 The Capital Group Companies, Inc

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

 See Section 9

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

20 May 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21 May 2013

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

 Above 11%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previous tothe triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Number of shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 Ordinary Shares

94,198,584

94,198,584

99,818,721

11.5268%

(ISIN: GB0031698896

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

99,818,721

11.5268%

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

No. of Shares Percent of Outstanding

The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CG") Holdings 99,818,721 11.527%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:

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*Capital Research and Management Company 99,818,721 11.527%

*Capital Income Builder

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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

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

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name and Contact Address:

[email protected]

15. Contact telephone number:

(213) 615 0469