30th Oct 2007 14:15
William Hill PLC30 October 2007 The following notification was received yesterday by William Hill PLC, relatingto major interests in shares of William Hill PLC. Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary 30 October 2007 TR-1: Notification 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: Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) : Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached ifdifferent): 17/10/2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 29/10/2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: From 3% - 4% (L&G) 8. Notified Details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if possible use Situation previous to the triggering transactionISIN CODE Number of Number of voting shares rights ORD GBP 0.10 12,529,977 12,529,977 Resulting situation after the triggering transactionClass/type of shares Number of Number of voting % of votingif possible use ISIN shares rights rightsCODE Direct Indirect Direct Indirect ORD GBP 0.10 14,363,985 14,363,985 4.09 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 Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 14,363,985 4.09 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable : Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect (Group) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct andIndirect) Legal & General Investment Management limited (Indirect) (LGIM) Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (14,363,985 - 4.09% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)(12,680,934 - 3.61% = PMC) Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) (12,680,934 -3.61% = PMC) Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL) Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A 13. Additional information: Notification using the total voting rights figure of 350,355,199. Please note this notification has been delayed due to the large number ofdisclosures required following a substantial amount of new business which hascome to use in the form of an in-specie transfer 14. Contact name: Helen Lewis (LGIM) 15. Contact telephone number: 020 3124 3851 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
WMH.LLegal & General