William Hill PLC - Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:8121L
William Hill PLC
15 January 2008

The following notification was received on 14 January 2008 by William Hill PLC,
relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.

Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary

15 January 2008

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

William Hill PLC

2. Reason for the notification

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (
)

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) : ( )

.................

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :

Goldman, Sachs & Co.,

Goldman Sachs International,

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if
different):

10 January 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14 January 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

7%

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if Situation previous to the triggering transaction
possible use ISIN CODE
Number of shares Number of voting rights
GB0031698896 24,392,572 7.02%

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if Number of Number of voting % of voting
possible use ISIN CODE shares rights rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
GB0031698896 23,883,041 352,412 6.88% 0.10%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights that may be % of
financial date conversion acquired (if the instrument voting
instrument period/date exercised/ converted) rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
24,235,453 6.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :

The interest in 331,446 shares arose from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs &
Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for its
customers. These shares are, or will be, registered in the name of Goldman Sachs
Securities (Nominees), Limited.

The interest in 23,883,041 shares arose from a beneficial interest held by
Goldman Sachs International, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc. These
shares are, or will be, registered at CREST in account CREPTEMP.

The interest in 20,966 shares arose from the interest held by Goldman Sachs
Asset Management, LP a wholly owned subsidiary of GS Inc acting as discretionary
manager. We believe that some of these shares are, or will be, registered in
the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited ("GSSN").

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

General email contact:

shareholderdisclosures@gs.com

14. Contact name:

Sean Rogers / Alan Cox

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 552 9205 / 0207 774 8774

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