Holding(s) in Company

888 Holdings plc
02 May 2008


            Form TR1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007

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|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                       |
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|1. Identify of issuer or the       |888 Holdings Plc Ord. 0.5p          |
|underlying issuer of existing      |                                    |
|shares to which voting rights are  |                                    |
|attached:                          |                                    |
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|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                     |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights               |Yes          |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which |             |
|may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to |             |
|which voting rights are attached                          |             |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights          |             |
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|Others (please specify):                                  |             |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject  |Artemis Investment Management Ltd   |
|to notification obligation:        |                                    |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if |Artemis Special Situations          |
|different from 3):                 |                                    |
|                                   |Barclays UK Alpha                   |
|                                   |                                    |
|                                   |L&G (Barclays) MM Alpha             |
|                                   |                                    |
|                                   |L&G (Barclays) MM Alpha2            |
|                                   |                                    |
|                                   |Pearson                             |
|                                   |                                    |
|                                   |Prudential                          |
|                                   |                                    |
|                                   |Akzo Nobel                          |
|                                   |                                    |
|                                   |Institutional UK Growth             |
|                                   |                                    |
|                                   |Artemis UK Growth                   |
|                                   |                                    |
|                                   |Barclays UK Smaller Companies       |
|                                   |                                    |
|                                   |Absolute Return Hedge Fund          |
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|5. Date of transaction (and date on|22 April 2008                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or  |                                    |
|reached if different):             |                                    |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:  |23 April 2008                       |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed|8%                                  |
|or reached:                        |                                    |
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|8. Notified details                                                              |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                              |
|                                                                                 |
|                                                                                 |
+------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering      |
|of shares if|the triggering       |transaction                                   |
|possible use|transaction          |                                              |
|ISIN code   +----------+----------+----------+-------------------+---------------+
|            |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting   |Percentage of  |
|            |shares    |voting    |shares    |rights             |voting rights  |
|            |          |rights    |          +----------+--------+------+--------+
|            |          |          |          |  Direct  |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
+------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--------+------+--------+
|GI000A0F6407|24,073,500|24,073,500|23,973,500|23,973,500|        |7.11% |        |
+------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--------+------+--------+



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|B: Financial Instruments                                                  |
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|Resulting situation after triggering transaction                          |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|Type of       |Expiration    |Exercise/     |No. of voting |Percentage of |
|financial     |date          |conversion    |rights that   |voting rights |
|instrument    |              |period/date   |may be        |              |
|              |              |              |acquired (if  |              |
|              |              |              |the instrument|              |
|              |              |              |exercised/    |              |
|              |              |              |converted)    |              |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|              |              |              |              |              |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+



+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|Total (A+B)                        |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights            |Percentage of voting rights        |
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|23,973,500                         |7.11%                              |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and|
|/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:     |
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|Proxy voting                                                            |
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|10. Name of proxy holder:           |                                   |
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy   |                                   |
|holder will cease to hold           |                                   |
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|12. Date of which proxy holder will |                                   |
|cease to hold voting rights:        |                                   |
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|13. Additional information:        |                                   |
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|14. Contact name:                  |Alistair Fleming                   |
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|15. Contact telephone name:        |0131 718 0411                      |
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