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William Hill PLC13 June 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company William Hill PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest (A) FMR Corp. 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. Box HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L, Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: Mr Edward C Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unittrust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuantto Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notificationsof interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarityand efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp and itsdirect and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its directand indirect subsidiaries of Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or inconcert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required tosubmit these notifications on a joint basis. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely wherea person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a rightconferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of suchrights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 As above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Shares Held Management Company Nominee/Registered Name 12,700 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG Total 936,700 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN Total 1,095,199 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 125,300 FIJ MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN Total 326,600 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total 8,400 FIL BNP PARIBAS, PARIS (C) Total 808,152 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX Total 265,360 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 346,000 FIL NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE Total 143,800 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total 82,872 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total) 27,556,375 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 8,492,549 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total 6,746,043 FMRCO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK Total 333,186 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. Total 107,700 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total 551,300 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total 152,600 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK Total 503,100 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total 159,000 FMTC JP MORGAN CHASE BANK Total 231,500 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO Total 556,727 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total 2,360,798 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total 135,400 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN Total 199,800 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON Total 12,100 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON Total 80,900 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S Total) 312,300 FPM CITIBANK LONDON Total 117,000 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC Total 9,200 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK Total 505,100 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 45,700 FPM JP MORGAN CHASE BANK Total 780,700 FPM MELLON BANK Total 99,800 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES Total 4,053,951 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total 1,206,620 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDON (S Total) 59,460,532 Grand Total Ordinary Shares 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class Not stated 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed 349,585 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary 10p shares 10. Date of transaction Not Stated 11. Date company informed 13th June 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 59,460,532 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 15.08% 14. Any additional information None 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Andrea Macqueen, 020 8918 3749 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Helen Grantham, Company Secretary Date of notification 13th June 2005............................................................... 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