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:
                 




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