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William Hill PLC22 February 2006 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 managerof 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, includingFidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), FidelityInvestments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L, Fidelity Investments Management(Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), FidelityInvestments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investmentmanagers 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 holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 As above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Shares Held Management Company Nominee/Registered Name 2,030,081 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 974,898 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 675,100 FPM MELLON BANK 598,620 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 406,300 FPM JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 179,500 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON 84,300 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 80,600 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 52,400 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 45,700 FPM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 9,200 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK 9,000 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 540,100 FPM BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 441,327 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 205,100 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO 194,700 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK 185,400 FMTC JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 8,538,649 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 5,553,453 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 371,100 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 107,700 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 36,400 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. 23,054,881 FISL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 2,120,464 FIL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 237,000 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 167,000 FIL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 113,672 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 113,400 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 40,204 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 125,300 FIJ MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 1,289,976 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 505,569 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 133,900 FICL STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 12,700 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG 49,215,694 Grand Total Ordinary Shares 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 3,301,417 6. Percentage of issued class Not stated 7. Number of shares Not stated 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary 10p shares 10. Date of transaction Not stated 11. Date company informed 22 February 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 49,215,694 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 13.02% 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 makingthis notification Helen Grantham, Company Secretary Date of notification 22 February 2006............................................................... 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