12th Nov 2007 14:54
William Hill PLC12 November 2007 The following notification was received today by William Hill PLC, relatingto major interests in shares of William Hill PLC. Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary 12 November 2007 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: Aviva plc & its subsidiaries 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) : Registered Holder: BNY (Nominees) Limited 624,933* BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 1,610,116* BT Globenet Nominees Limited 1,800* Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 4,046,458* Chase Nominees Limited 172,850* CUIM Nominee Limited 1,356,209* Vidacos Nominees Limited 1,368,735* * denotes direct interest 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached ifdifferent): 8 November 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 12 November 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3% to 2% Change at Direct Interest Level 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 Ordinary Shares 10,828,837 10,828,837GB0031698896 Resulting situation after the triggering transactionClass/type of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rightsshares if sharespossible use ISINCODE Direct Indirect Direct Indirect Ordinary Shares 9,181,101 9,181,101 Not 2.63% Not disclosable disclsoableGB0031698896 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 N/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 9,181,101 2.63% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable : See Section 4 Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: See Section 4 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: Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 349,693,973 14. Contact name: Diane Thirkettle 15. Contact telephone number: 01603 687803 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
WMH.LAviva