RNS Number:6817Q
William Hill PLC
08 October 2003

8 October 2003

                              WILLIAM HILL PLC

Mr John Brown, who is retiring as Chairman of William Hill PLC with effect from
December 2003, informed the Company today that the Trustees of the John Brown
1997 Discretionary Settlement and the Trustees of the John Brown 1997
Discretionary Settlement No. 2 (the "Trusts"), in which Mr Brown is interested,
today sold 250,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 335p per share.
Mr Brown is a Trustee of both Trusts and Mr Brown and the Trusts retain between
them an aggregate of approximately 1.05 million ordinary shares in the Company
after this sale.

Nigel Blythe-Tinker
Group Company Secretary
William Hill PLC

8 October 2003


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