Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8570Q

888 Holdings plc

10 August 2010

 



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):	30 July 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	03 August 2010
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	34,478,296	34,478,296	34,459,912		34,459,912		9.99

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
34,459,912	9.99%

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:	18,384
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire to hold voting rights:	30 July 2010

13. Additional information:	None
14 Contact name:	Shaheen Hussain
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	9.99%
Total shares held	34, 459,912
Issued share capital	344, 764,185
	Shares Held	Nominee	Management Company
	6,000	Brown Bros Harrimn LTD LUX	FIL
	560,016	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	FIJ
	1,415,450	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FII
	913,187	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FIL
	31,565,259	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FISL

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