Holding(s) in Company

5th Oct 2007 13:01

888 Holdings plc05 October 2007 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying | 888 Holdings plc ||issuer of existing shares to which voting rights | ||are attached: | |+-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+|2. Reason for notification (yes/no) Yes |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in| ||the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are | ||attached | |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+|Other (please specify):______________ | |+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------+|3. Full name of person(s) subject to |Daphna Ben Itzhak Eldar, beneficiary of ||notification obligation: | the Ben-Yitzhak Family Shares Trust. |+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if | Ben-Yitzhak Family Shares Trust ||different from 3): | |+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|5. Date of transaction (and date on which| 4 October 2007 ||the threshold is crossed or reached if | ||different): | |+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|6. Date on which issuer notified: | 4 October 2007 |+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 11% ||reached: | |+-----------------------------------------+-------+---------------------+----------++-----------------------------------------+-------+---------------------+----------+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|8: Notified Details |+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|A: Voting rights attached to shares |+--------+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------+| 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%| |+--------+----------+--------------+----------+----------+--------+------+--------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|B: Financial Instruments |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+| 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 |+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------------------+----------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Total (A+B) |+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+| 37,122,358 | 10.92% |+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or ||the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|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. |+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+|Proxy Voting: |+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+---+|10. Name of proxy holder: |N/A|+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+---+|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |N/A|+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+---+|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |N/A|+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+---+ +------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+|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.|+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+|14. Contact | Judith Hamburger ||name: | |+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+|15. Contact | +41-1913-3636 ||telephone | ||name: | |+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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