Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9539X

888 Holdings plc

25 August 2009

 



888 Holdings Plc 

('the Company')

Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

888 Holdings Plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	Yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	FIL Limited (FIL)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See attached schedule
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	20 August 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 August 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares Indirect	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ISIN: GI000A0F6407	34,208,190	34,208,190	39,552,190		39,552,190		11.44

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
39,552,190	11.44%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	FIL Limited (FIL)
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire to hold:	5,344,000
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire to hold voting rights:	20 August 2009

13. Additional information:	None
14 Contact name:	Amanda Chana
15. Contact:	[e-mail]

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML). FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

FIL
Issuer Name	888 Holdings PLC
Current ownership percentage	11.44%
Total shares held	39,552,190
Issued share capital	345, 543, 685
	Shares Held	Nominee	Management Company
	690,486	Bermuda Trust Far East HK	FIMHK
	447,082	Brown Bros Harrimn LTD LUX	FIL
	123,400	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	FIL
	1,874,212	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FIL
	34,666,180	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FISL
	174,000	Master Trust Bank of Japan	FIJ
	67,700	Northern Trust co	FIL
	1,064,600	JP Morgan, Bournemouth (C)	FIL
	147,100	Nomura Trust and Banking (C)	FIJ
	33,100	Master Trust Bank of Japan (C)	FIJ

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Contacts and enquiries:

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial

Ann-marie Wilkinson / Nick Lambert / Andrew Benbow              [phone]

 

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