Fidelity - Notice of shares
23 Dezember 2003 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:5821T
William Hill PLC
23 December 2003
Tuesday 23rd December 2003
Amendment #11
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
772,800 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
757,600 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Company
330,078 FMRCO Mellon Bank
5,000 FMRCO JP Morgan Chase
122,800 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd
647,000 FMTC Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
223,100 FMTC JP Morgan Chase
120,600 FMTC Northern Trust
415,700 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust
110,400 FMTC Morgan Stanley & Co
16,914,313 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London
2,010,200 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
172,800 FPM Mellon Nominees Ltd
606,400 FPM Bankers Trust
199,074 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
586,100 FPM Bank of New York London
345,800 FPM HSBC
258,100 FPM Citibank
223,100 FPM Northern Trust
45,200 FPM Deutsche Bank
41,500 FPM Citibank
2,137,542 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
727,748 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
4,295,898 FIL Bank of New York London
2,467,915 FIL Northern Trust
522,400 FIL JP Morgan
624,000 FIL Deutsche Bank
635,530 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
250,400 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
517,800 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd
351,200 FIL Morgan Stanley
94,700 FIL Citibank
59,300 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd
397,000 FIL Bank of New York, Brussels
109,900 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
17,100 FIL National Australia Bank
8,600 FIL PICG
145,500 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
59,047 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman
17,400 FIL KAS Associates
10,800 FIL State Street Hong Kong
Total Ordinary
Shares: 59,069,578
Current
ownership 14.00%
percentage:
Shares in issue: 421,811,100
Change in
holdings +328,069 ordinary shares
since last
filing:
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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