RNS Number:7007U
William Hill PLC
27 January 2004



Tuesday 27th January 2003



Amendment #12



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 or 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)
                                  7,021,690          FMRCO                Chase Nominees Limited
                                 13,770,643          FMRCO                         HSBC
                                    794,900          FMRCO             State Street Nominees Limited
                                    757,600          FMRCO           State Street Bank & Trust Company
                                    498,486          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
                                    101,800           FMTC                  Morgan Stanley & Co
                                      4,800           FMTC                   Bank of New York
                                    144,400           FMTC                     Sumitomo T&B
                                     46,100           FMTC                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                                 15,897,625           FISL              Chase Manhattan Bank London
                                  1,944,700           FISL                  Chase Nominees Ltd
                                    172,800           FPM                   Mellon Nominees Ltd
                                    630,600           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
                                  2,215,901           FIL               Chase Manhattan Bank London
                                    727,748           FIL                State Street Bank & Trust
                                  4,308,698           FIL                 Bank of New York London
                                  2,264,812           FIL                     Northern Trust
                                    522,400           FIL                        JP Morgan
                                    613,859           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
                                    101,800           FIL                        Citibank
                                     59,300           FIL                   Mellon Nominees Ltd
                                    397,000           FIL                Bank of New York Brussels
                                    124,934           FIL            HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
                                                                                  Limited
                                     17,100           FIL                 National Australia Bank
                                      8,600           FIL                          PICG
                                    156,300           FIL            Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
                                     68,047           FIL                 Brown Brothers Harriman
                                     17,400           FIL                     KAS Associates
                                     10,800           FIL                 State Street Hong Kong

Total Ordinary Shares:           58,388,847



Current ownership                    13.84%
percentage:



Shares in issue:                421,811,100





Change in holdings                (680,731)
since last filing:         ordinary shares






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