Fidelity - Notice of Shares
08 Dezember 2003 - 6:50PM
UK Regulatory
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
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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