Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS 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

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

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

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

N/A

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

03-April-2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

05-Apr-2017

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

5%

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

42,866,787

42,866,787

28,094,527

28,094,527

0

3.2752%

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

Right to recall lent securities

6,871,134

0.8011%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

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

Nominal

Delta

Equity Swap

-

11/02/2017

09/04/2017

09/06/2017

02/13/2018

11/02/2017

01/18/2018

11/17/2017

8,003,268

0.9330%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

42,968,929

5.0093%

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:

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:

Craig Watson

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 2890 409605

[email protected]