1st Dec 2016 17:50
The following notification was received today by William Hill PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill PLC.
Tom Fuller
Assistant Company Secretary
1 December 2016
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES  | 
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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  | S  | |||
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):  | 
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:  | BlackRock, Inc.  | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):  | 
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5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:  | 30 November, 2016  | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 1 December, 2016  | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:  | 
 Voting rights attached to shares holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 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  | 43,684,438  | 43,684,438  | N/A  | N/A  | 43,031,848  | N/A  | 4.97%  | |||||||||
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  | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending  | 
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  | 1,153,187  | 0.13%  | ||||||||||||
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 
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CFD  | 
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  | 3,030,676  | Nominal  | Delta  | ||||||||||
0.35%  | 0.35%  | |||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C)  | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights  | Percentage of voting rights  | |||||||||||||||
47,215,711  | 5.46%  | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:  | ||
 See Annex 1  | ||
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Proxy Voting:  | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder:  | 
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:  | 
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:  | 
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13. Additional information:  | BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team  | |
14. Contact name:  | Marc-Oliver Lesch  | |
15. Contact telephone number:  | 020 7743 3650  | |
Annex 1  | 
Name  | % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold  | % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold  | Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold  | 
BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.  | 
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BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.  | 
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BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.  | 
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BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC  | 
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BlackRock HK Holdco Limited  | 
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BlackRock Cayco Limited  | 
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BlackRock Trident Holding Company Limited  | 
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BlackRock Japan Holdings GK  | 
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BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.  | 
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BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.  | 
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BlackRock Group Limited  | 
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BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.  | 
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BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.  | 
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BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.  | 
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BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC  | 
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BlackRock HK Holdco Limited  | 
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BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC  | 
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BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Fund Advisors  | 
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BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.  | 
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BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.  | 
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BlackRock Group Limited  | 
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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Trident Merger, LLC  | 
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BlackRock Investment Management, LLC  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.  | 
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BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC  | 
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BlackRock Canada Holdings LP  | 
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BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC  | 
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BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.  | 
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BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.  | 
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BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd.  | 
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BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC  | 
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BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Fund Advisors  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.  | 
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BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.  | 
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BlackRock Group Limited  | 
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BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.  | 
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BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.  | 
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BlackRock Group Limited  | 
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited  | 
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BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc.  | 
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BlackRock Advisors, LLC  | 
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