888 Holdings plc
05 October 2007
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|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | 888 Holdings plc |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting rights | |
|are attached: | |
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|2. Reason for notification (yes/no) Yes |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X |
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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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|Other (please specify):______________ | |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to |Daphna Ben Itzhak Eldar, beneficiary of |
|notification obligation: | the Ben-Yitzhak Family Shares Trust. |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Ben-Yitzhak Family Shares Trust |
|different from 3): | |
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|5. Date of transaction (and date on which| 4 October 2007 |
|the threshold is crossed or reached if | |
|different): | |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified: | 4 October 2007 |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 11% |
|reached: | |
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|8: Notified Details |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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| Class/ |Situation previous to the| Resulting situation after the triggering |
|type of | triggering transaction | transaction |
| shares +----------+--------------+----------+-------------------+---------------+
| If |Number of | Number of |Number of | Number of voting | Percentage of |
|possible| shares |voting rights | shares | rights | voting rights |
|use ISIN| | | +----------+--------+------+--------+
| code | | | | Direct |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
+--------+----------+--------------+----------+----------+--------+------+--------+
|Ordinary|43,922,358| 43,922,358 |37,122,358|37,122,358| |10.92%| |
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|B: Financial Instruments |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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| Type of |Expiration| Exercise/ | No. of voting rights that may |Percentage|
| financial | date | conversion |be acquired (if the instrument |of voting |
|instrument | |period/date | exercised/converted) | rights |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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|Total (A+B) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 37,122,358 | 10.92% |
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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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|The shares in 888 Holdings plc are held by the Ben-Yitzhak Family Shares Trust|
|on behalf of Daphna Ben Itzhak Eldar, who is the beneficiary under this Trust.|
|The Trust therefore controls the voting rights on behalf of Daphna Ben Itzhak |
|Eldar. |
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|Proxy Voting: |
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|10. Name of proxy holder: |N/A|
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |N/A|
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|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |N/A|
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|13. |The shares held by the Ben-Yitzhak Family Shares Trust have |
|Additional |previously been declared to be the subject of an indirect |
|information:|shareholding by Shay Ben-Yitzhak, a Director of 888 Holdings plc.|
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|14. Contact | Judith Hamburger |
|name: | |
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|15. Contact | +41-1913-3636 |
|telephone | |
|name: | |
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