Holding(s) in Company (3640Z)

TIDMGMG TIDMLGEN

RNS Number : 3640Z

Game Group PLC

14 March 2012

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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: 
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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                                   Yes 
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                                                                                No 
  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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                                                                                No 
  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                               No 
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                                                                                No 
  Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject               Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) 
  to the 
  notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                N/A 
  (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                      13 March 2012 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                        14 March 2012 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                     L&G (Below 3%) 
  or 
  reached: 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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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 of voting            % of voting rights 
                      of                 of                              rights 
                    Shares             Voting 
                                       Rights 
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                                                       Number      Direct      Indirect      Direct          Indirect 
                                                         of 
                                                       shares 
-------------    -----  -----  -------  -----  ----  ---------  ------------  ---------  --------------  --------------- 
 Ordinary 5p                 13,475,301                                            Below 3% 
 GB0007360158 
                         (As on 18/05/2009) 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                        Number of voting 
  Type of financial       Expiration      Exercise/                      rights that may             % of voting 
  instrument              date            Conversion Period              be                          rights 
                                                                         acquired if the 
                                                                         instrument is 
                                                                         exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments 
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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            Conversion       rights instrument 
 instrument                                      period           refers to 
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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 3% 
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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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                                               Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) 
                                                                                       (Group) 
                                              Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) 
                                                         Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) 
                                                 Legal & General Investment Management Limited 
                                                                             (Indirect) (LGIM) 
                        Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC) 
               Legal & General Investment           Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited 
                                          Management (Holdings) Limited        (Direct) (LGIH) 
                                                                             (Direct) (LGIMHD) 
        Legal & General Assurance            Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & 
                                                    (Pensions Management) Limited        LGPL) 
                                                                                         (PMC) 
                                              Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) 
 
 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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                                                      Notification using the total voting 
  13. Additional information:                             rights figure of 347,461,388 
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 14. Contact name:                                              Paul Toon (LGIM) 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                   020 3124 3854 
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