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William Hill PLC01 August 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 3d82 Devonshire StreetBoston, 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 5,403,400 FPM JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 2,224,081 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 794,100 FPM MELLON BANK 644,000 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 587,400 FPM JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 520,420 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 236,600 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON 110,900 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 98,200 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 59,200 FPM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 12,100 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK 11,600 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 708,900 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 588,927 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 281,700 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK 244,900 FMTC JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 232,400 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO 7,676,149 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 1,250,500 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 459,900 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 154,300 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 47,500 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. 18,942,719 FISL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 2,111,404 FIL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 348,234 FIL BROWN BROS. HARRIMN LTD LUX 297,000 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 215,400 FIL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 157,700 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 137,972 FIL STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO LNDN (S 125,300 FIJ MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 1,122,800 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 673,300 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 80,400 FIGEST BNP PARIBAS, PARIS 428,100 FICL STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 24,600 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG 47,012,106 Grand Total Ordinary Shares 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired (4,019,844) 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 1 August 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 47,012,106 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 12.93% 14. Any additional information None 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Sarah Anderson, 020 8918 3769 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Helen Grantham, Company Secretary Date of notification 1 August 2006............................................................... The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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