Holding(s) in Company (3266Z)

TIDMGMG

RNS Number : 3266Z

Game Group PLC

14 March 2012

 
 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying             The Game Group Plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                    X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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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 the                                             M&G Investment Funds 3 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                    State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMIN 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                     12 March 2012 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                       13 March 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                      See Item 13 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type      Situation previous                  Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of               to the triggering                   transaction 
 shares           transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN CODE 
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                 Number         Number               Number   Number of voting         % of voting rights 
                  of             of                  of        rights                   (x) 
                  Shares         Voting              shares 
                                 Rights 
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                                                     Direct   Direct        Indirect   Direct          Indirect 
                                                               (xi)          (xii) 
--------------  ----  -------  ------  -----  ----  -------  ------------  ---------  --------------  ------------ 
                                                     Below 
 GB0007360158     20,000,000        20,000,000         5%      Below 5%                  Below 5% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial     Expiration       Exercise/                  Number of voting               % of voting 
  instrument            date (xiii)      Conversion Period          rights that may                rights 
                                         (xiv)                      be 
                                                                    acquired if the 
                                                                    instrument is 
                                                                    exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of         Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/      Number of voting              % of voting rights 
  financial       price          date (xvii)    Conversion     rights instrument             (xix, xx) 
  instrument                                    period         refers to 
                                                (xviii) 
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                                                                                            Nominal     Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                      Percentage of voting rights 
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 Below 5%                                                     Below 5% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                         N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                         N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                          N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                           With reference to item 3, M&G Investments 
  13. Additional information:               Funds 3 is an Open Ended Investment 
                                            Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential 
                                            group company and must be separately 
                                            disclosed. 
                                            This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment 
                                            Management Limited (a wholly owned 
                                            subsidiary of Prudential plc) and 
                                            will have been previously attributed 
                                            to Prudential plc solely on the basis 
                                            that M&G Investment Management Ltd 
                                            has direct fund management control 
                                            over the shares identified in this 
                                            notification. 
 
                                            Therefore the below 5% holding being 
                                            disclosed in this notification is 
                                            encompassed in the below 5% already 
                                            disclosed under The Prudential plc 
                                            group of companies and is NOT in addition 
                                            to it. 
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 14. Contact name:                         James Todd / Mark Thomas 
                                            M&G Investment Management Limited 
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 15. Contact telephone number:             020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266 
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