William Hill PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (8928Z)

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RNS Number : 8928Z

William Hill PLC

05 September 2018

William Hill PLC

5 September 2018

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, CFO and a PDMR of the Company, has today acquired, with her persons closely associated, a further 38,998 ordinary shares in the Company.

As a result of the transaction, Ruth Prior and her persons closely associated have an interest in 75,070 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 
 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) 
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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 
     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 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 the               Ordinary shares of 10 pence each 
       financial instrument, 
       type of instrument 
 
      Identification code              ISIN: GB0031698896 
                                       SEDOL: 3169889 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction        Purchase of shares by Director (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) 
                                        --------------------  ---------------------- 
                                         GBP2.5766 per         38,998 ordinary 
                                          share                 shares 
                                        --------------------  ---------------------- 
 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
      - Aggregated volume              38,998 ordinary shares 
 
      - Price                          GBP2.5766 per ordinary share 
 
 e)   Date of the transaction          5 September 2018 
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 f)   Place of the transaction         London, UK 
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