William Hill PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (1886T)

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RNS Number : 1886T

William Hill PLC

18 March 2019

18 March 2019

Notification of Changes in the Interests of Directors/PDMRs

William Hill PLC (LSE: WMH) confirms that in accordance with the current Remuneration Policy of the Company approved by shareholders of the Company at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held in 2017, awards under the Group's Executive Deferred Share Bonus Plan ("EDSBP"), have been granted over the Company's ordinary share capital to Philip Bowcock, Chief Executive Officer and Ruth Prior, Chief Financial Officer, on 18 March 2019 as follows:

 
 Director / PDMR    EDSBP Award (at GBP1.5830 
                            per share) 
  Philip Bowcock             63,842 
                   -------------------------- 
    Ruth Prior               41,781 
                   -------------------------- 
 

The EDSBP Awards are granted as nil-cost deferred share awards with the values linked to the bonus outcomes for the 2018 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 2019 and is expected to end on the announcement of the financial results for the 2020 financial year.

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 the               Ordinary shares of 10 pence each 
       financial instrument, 
       type of instrument 
 
      Identification code              ISIN: GB0031698896 
                                       SEDOL: 3169889 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        Grant of Awards under the 2017 Executive 
                                        Deferred Share Bonus Plan 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                        --------------------  --------------------- 
                                         Price(s)              Volume(s) 
                                        --------------------  --------------------- 
                                         GBP1.5830 per         63,842 ordinary 
                                          share                 shares 
                                        --------------------  --------------------- 
                                         GBP1.5830 per         41,781 ordinary 
                                          share                 shares 
                                        --------------------  --------------------- 
 
 d)   Aggregated information 
 
      - Aggregated volume              1) 63,842 ordinary shares 
                                        2) 41,781 ordinary shares 
 
      - Price                          GBP1.5830 per ordinary share (for 
                                        both grants) 
 
 e)   Date of the transaction          18 March 2019 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction         London, UK 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 

OAM: Additional Regulated Information

William Hill LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82

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

William Hill PLC is one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies, employing c15,500 people. Its origins are in the UK where it was founded in 1934, and where it is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The majority of its GBP1.6 billion annual revenues are still derived from the UK, where it has a national presence of licensed betting offices and one of the leading online betting and gaming services. In 2012, it established William Hill US with a focus on retail and mobile operations in Nevada, the largest sports betting business in the US. Following the ruling in May 2018 by the US Supreme Court that the federal ban on state sponsored sports betting was unconstitutional, William Hill US has expanded into new states as they regulate sports betting. It is now operating in seven states: Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Island, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. William Hill's Online business acquired Mr Green & Co AB in January 2019, growing its international operations. 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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