William Hill PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (0377I)

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RNS Number : 0377I

William Hill PLC

16 March 2018

16 March 2018

Notification of Changes in the Interests of Directors/PDMRs

William Hill PLC (LSE: WMH) confirms that awards under the Group's Executive Deferred Share Bonus Plan ("EDSBP"), approved by shareholders at the 2017 Annual General Meeting, have been granted over the Company's ordinary share capital to Philip Bowcock, Chief Executive Officer and Ruth Prior, Chief Financial Officer, on 16 March 2018 as follows:

 
 Director / PDMR      EDSBP Award (at 
                     GBP3.20 per share) 
-----------------  -------------------- 
  Philip Bowcock          89,906 
-----------------  -------------------- 
    Ruth Prior            35,498 
-----------------  -------------------- 
 

The EDSBP Awards are granted as nil-cost deferred share awards with the values linked to the bonus outcomes for the 2017 financial year under the Company's Annual Bonus Plan, and represent deferral of 50% of the respective bonus outcomes. The deferral period for the awards commenced on 1 January 2018 and is expected to end on the announcement of the financial results for the 2019 financial year. Ruth Prior's EDSBP award has been pro-rated for the 2017 financial year in accordance with the commitment given by the Remuneration Committee on her appointment, and as further discussed on page 87 of the Directors' Remuneration Report in the 2017 Annual Report.

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 
---  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                       1) Philip Bowcock 
                                  2) Ruth Prior 
---  -------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
      Reason for the notification 
---  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status            1) Chief Executive Officer 
                                  (Director and PDMR) 
                                  2) Chief Financial Officer 
                                  (Director and PDMR) 
---  -------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification       Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
---  -------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                       William Hill PLC 
---  -------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                        213800MDW41W5UZQIX82 
---  -------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 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 
---  ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of             Ordinary shares of 10 pence 
       the financial              each 
       instrument, type 
       of instrument 
--- 
 
      Identification             ISIN: GB0031698896 
       code 
                                 SEDOL: 3169889 
---  -------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the              Grant of Awards under the 
       transaction                2017 Executive Deferred Share 
                                  Bonus Plan 
---  -------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s) 
---                               --------------  ----------------- 
                                   Price(s)        Volume(s) 
---                               --------------  ----------------- 
                                   GBP3.20 per     89,906 ordinary 
                                    share           shares 
                                  --------------  ----------------- 
                                   GBP3.20 per     35,498 ordinary 
                                    share           shares 
                                  --------------  ----------------- 
 
 d)   Aggregated information 
--- 
 
      - Aggregated volume        1) 89,906 ordinary shares 
                                  2) 35,498 ordinary shares 
 
      - Price                    GBP3.20 per ordinary share 
                                  (for both grants) 
 
 e)   Date of the transaction    16 March 2018 
---  -------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction   London, UK 
---  -------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 

OAM: Additional Regulated Information

William Hill LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82

 
 About William Hill 
=================== 
 

William Hill, The Home of Betting, is one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies, employing around 16,000 people. Founded in 1934, it is the one of the UK's largest bookmakers with around 2,340 licensed betting offices that provide betting opportunities on a wide range of sporting and non-sporting events, and gaming on machines, providing customers with the opportunity to access William Hill's products online, through their smartphone or tablet. William Hill US was established in June 2012 and provides land-based and mobile sports betting services in Nevada, and is the exclusive risk manager for the State of Delaware's sports lottery. William Hill Australia was established in 2013 when the Group acquired Sportingbet and tomwaterhouse.com. It offers sports betting products online, by telephone and via mobile devices. William Hill PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of both the FTSE 250 and FTSE4Good Indices.

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