16th Jan 2008 16:39
William Hill PLC16 January 2008 The following notification was received today by William Hill PLC, relating tomajor interests in shares of William Hill PLC. Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary 16 January 2008 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 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: Lloyds TSB Group Plc 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) : Perry Nominees LtdBoltro Nominees LtdLloyds Bank (PEP) Nominees LtdState Street Nominees Ltd 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached ifdifferent): 15 January 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified: 16 January 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Reached 8% 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 rights 3169889 GBP0.10 26,822,804 26,822,804 Resulting situation after the triggering transactionClass/type of shares if Number of Number of voting % of votingpossible use ISIN shares rights rightsCODE Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 3169889 GBP0.10 27,818,887 27,818,887 8.011 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 27,818,887 8.011 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable : 13,742 Shares are held by Perry Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary ofLloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. 10,171 Shares are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary ofLloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. 26,849 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB GroupPlc. 27,768,125 Shares are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under thecontrol of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiaryof Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiaryof Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc,a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of 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: Central Disclosure Unit 15. Contact telephone number: +44 (0) 1444 418127 16. Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notificationobligation: Lloyds TSB Group Plc Henry Duncan House 120 George Street Edinburgh EH2 4LH +44 (0) 131 225 4555 17. Identify of the notifier Lloyds TSB Central Disclosure Unit 2nd Floor, 31/33 Perrymount Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3SP +44 (0) 1444 418127 [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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