RNS Number:0107T
William Hill PLC
08 December 2003

Monday, 8th December 2003

Amendment #10

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:   William Hill Plc

2. Notifiable Interest:                   Ordinary Shares

(A)  FMR Corp
     82 Devonshire Street
     Boston, MA 02109

     Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),
     investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust 
     Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or 
     investment manager of various pension and trust accounts.  (See Schedule A 
     for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

(B)  Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
     P. O. Box HM 670
     Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

     Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
     including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd.  (FISL) and Fidelity Pension 
     Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US investment 
     companies and institutional clients.  (See Schedule A for listing of 
     Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

     Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d
     82 Devonshire Street
     Boston, MA 02109

   A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of
   authorised unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption 
   from reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute
   separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely 
   for the purposes of clarity and efficiency.  Nothing herein should be taken 
   to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
   Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries of 
   Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the 
   disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these 
   notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, 
   namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to 
   exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the 
   exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.


                                   By Eric D. Roiter
                                   Senior V.P. & General Counsel- FMR Co.
                                   Duly authorised under Powers of Attorney
                                   dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf of FMR Corp, and its direct and
                                   indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
                                   indirect subsidiaries



Schedule A

Security:     William Hill Plc

                                Shares Held     Management                Nominee/Registered Name
                                                   Company
(Ordinary Shares)
                                  6,942,490          FMRCO                Chase Nominees Limited
                                 13,770,643          FMRCO                         HSBC
                                    751,000          FMRCO             State Street Nominees Limited
                                    757,600          FMRCO           State Street Bank & Trust Company
                                    272,060          FMRCO                      Mellon Bank
                                      5,000          FMRCO                    JP Morgan Chase
                                    122,800           FMTC               State Street Nominees Ltd
                                      1,700           FMTC                Brown Brothers Harriman
                                    647,000           FMTC             Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
                                    223,100           FMTC                    JP Morgan Chase
                                    120,600           FMTC                    Northern Trust
                                    429,700           FMTC               State Street Bank & Trust
                                    110,400           FMTC                  Morgan Stanley & Co
                                 16,862,913           FISL              Chase Manhattan Bank London
                                  2,035,200           FISL                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                                    172,800           FPM                   Mellon Nominees Ltd
                                    606,400           FPM                      Bankers Trust
                                    233,274           FPM                   Chase Nominees Ltd
                                    611,800           FPM                 Bank of New York London
                                    345,800           FPM                          HSBC
                                    261,900           FPM                        Citibank
                                    223,100           FPM                     Northern Trust
                                     45,200           FPM                      Deutsche Bank
                                     41,500           FPM                        Citibank
                                  1,675,966           FIL               Chase Manhattan Bank London
                                    727,748           FIL                State Street Bank & Trust
                                  4,326,498           FIL                 Bank of New York London
                                  2,571,615           FIL                     Northern Trust
                                    519,100           FIL                        JP Morgan
                                    705,300           FIL                      Deutsche Bank
                                    635,530           FIL                  Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                                    247,700           FIL                   Chase Nominees Ltd
                                    517,800           FIL                State Street Nominees Ltd
                                    351,200           FIL                     Morgan Stanley
                                     97,000           FIL                        Citibank
                                     59,300           FIL                   Mellon Nominees Ltd
                                    397,000           FIL               Bank of New York, Brussels
                                     85,125           FIL            HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
                                                                                  Limited
                                     17,100           FIL                 National Australia Bank
                                      8,600           FIL                          PICG
                                    138,500           FIL            Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
                                     59,047           FIL                 Brown Brothers Harriman
                                     17,400           FIL                     KAS Associates


Total Ordinary Shares:           58,751,509

Current ownership                    13.93%
percentage:

Shares in issue:                421,811,100

Change in holdings                1,208,490
since last filing:          ordinary shares
                            


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