William Hill PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (5074I)

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RNS Number : 5074I

William Hill PLC

19 June 2017

William Hill PLC

19 June 2017

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

William Hill PLC ('the Company') announces that Ruth Prior, appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective later in the year, has purchased, with her persons closely associated, 984 ordinary shares in the Company as a result of participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan in respect of the final dividend paid on 8 June 2017.

As a result of the transaction, Ruth Prior and her persons closely associated have an interest in 34,596 shares, equivalent to less than 0.01% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The following information is given in accordance with Article 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulation:

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities / person closely associated 
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 a)   Name                        Ruth Prior 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status             Chief Financial Officer (Director 
                                   and PDMR), effective later 
                                   in the year 
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 b)   Initial notification        Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                        William Hill PLC 
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 b)   LEI                         213800MDW41W5UZQIX82 
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 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to 
       be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; 
       (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each 
       date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
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 a)   Description of              Ordinary shares of 10 pence 
       the financial               each 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument 
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      Identification              ISIN: GB0031698896 
       code 
                                  SEDOL: 3169889 
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 b)   Nature of the               Purchase of shares by Director 
       transaction                 under Dividend Reinvestment 
                                   Plan (inclusive of aggregated 
                                   purchases by connected persons) 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s) 
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                                    Price(s)          Volume(s) 
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                                    GBP2.8318         984 ordinary 
                                     per share         shares 
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 d)   Aggregated information 
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      - Aggregated volume         984 ordinary shares 
 
      - Price                     GBP2.8318 per ordinary share 
 
 e)   Date of the transaction     12 June 2017 (and notified 
                                   by the nominee on 16 June 
                                   2017) 
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 f)   Place of the transaction    London, UK 
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This information is provided by RNS

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