13th Dec 2016 17:45
Transaction in Own Shares
William Hill PLC ("William Hill") announces that it has purchased the following William Hill Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each from its corporate broker Citigroup Global Markets Limited ("Citi") today:
Number of Ordinary Shares acquired | 486,000 |
Average price paid per Ordinary Share | £2.884871 |
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share | £2.9125 |
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share | £2.8420 |
Date and timing of transactions | 13 December 2016; 08.40 - 16.35 |
Trading venue | London Stock Exchange; BATS; Chi-X; Turquoise |
Company ISIN | GB0031698896 |
The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, William Hill holds 26,795,575 Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 860,445,193 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a schedule of individual trades by Citi is available using the following link:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7676R_-2016-12-13.pdf
Tom Fuller
Assistant Company Secretary
(+44) 020 8918 3723
Related Shares:
WMH.L