28th Jan 2008 14:42
William Hill PLC28 January 2008 The following notification was received on 25 January 2008 by William Hill PLC,relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC. Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary 28 January 2008 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting 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 theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( ) Other (please specify) : ( ) ................. 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: The Goldman Sachs Group Inc 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) : Goldman, Sachs & Co., Goldman Sachs International, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached ifdifferent): 23 January 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified: 25 January 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 7% 8. Notified Details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if Situation previous to the triggering transactionpossible use ISIN CODE Number of shares Number of voting rightsGB0031698896 24,631,456 7.09% Resulting situation after the triggering transactionClass/type of shares if Number of Number of voting % of votingpossible use ISIN CODE shares rights rights Direct Indirect Direct IndirectGB0031698896 23,827,883 355,389 6.86% 0.10% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights that may be % offinancial date conversion acquired (if the instrument votinginstrument period/date exercised/ converted) rights Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 24,183,272 6.96% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable : The interest in 340,446 shares arose from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs &Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for itscustomers. These shares are, or will be, registered in the name of Goldman SachsSecurities (Nominees), Limited. The interest in 23,827,883 shares arose from a beneficial interest held byGoldman Sachs International, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc. Theseshares are, or will be, registered at CREST in account CREPTEMP. The interest in 14,943 shares arose from the interest held by Goldman SachsAsset Management, LP a wholly owned subsidiary of GS Inc acting as discretionarymanager. We believe that some of these shares are, or will be, registered inthe name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited ("GSSN"). Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A 13. Additional information: General email contact: [email protected] 14. Contact name: Sean Rogers / Alan Cox 15. Contact telephone number: 0207 552 9205 / 0207 774 8774 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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