17th Mar 2006 14:46
William Hill PLC17 March 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 2,454,181 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 1,058,400 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 820,400 FPM MELLON BANK 729,220 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 502,800 FPM JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 240,900 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON 108,900 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 108,100 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 62,700 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 59,200 FPM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 12,100 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK 11,600 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 703,800 FPM BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 567,427 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 258,100 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK 243,100 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO 239,100 FMTC JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 8,492,549 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 5,000,000 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 356,300 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 142,000 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 47,500 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. 22,795,933 FISL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 2,378,304 FIL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 2,042,404 FIL BROWN BROS. HARRIMN LTD LUX 296,300 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 215,400 FIL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH 155,972 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 151,500 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 125,300 FIJ MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN 1,305,598 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 518,800 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN 413,600 FIGEST BNP PARIBAS, PARIS 428,100 FICL STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 17,500 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG 53,063,088 Grand Total Ordinary Shares 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 3,847,394 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 17 March 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 53,063,088 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 14.13% 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 17 March 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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