Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

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):

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

HSBC Holdings Plc

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

HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited

HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited

HSBC Bank plc

HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Limited

INKA Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschft mbH, Dusseldorf

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

16th December 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

20th December 2016

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

Above 7%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0031698896

51,284,393

51,284,393

41,371,360

41,371,360

4,063,586

4.816%

0.473%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

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

% of votingrights

Equity Swap

Right to Recall (Stock Lent)

15,970,927

3,383,220

1.859%

0.394 %

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nil

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

64,789,093

7.542%

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

NA

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

NA

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

NA

13. Additional information:

The total holdings include Stock Borrowing of 2,309,590 shares  

14. Contact name:

Sanjeev Kalha

15. Contact telephone number:

([email protected] ,

[email protected] ,)