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Game Group PLC
06 July 2010
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: GAME Group
PLC
2. Reason for the notification
(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):
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 notification obligation:
FIL Limited
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 June 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified: 2 July 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5%
8. Notified Details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of sharesif possible use ISINCODE Situation previous to the triggering transaction
ORDGBP 0.05 Number of shares Number of voting rights
GB0007360158
17,625,470 17,625,470
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of sharesif possible use ISINCODE Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights
ORDGBP 0.05 Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
GB0007360158
17,225,470 17,225,470 4.96
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type ofFinancialinstrument Expirationdate Exercise/Conversionperiod/date No. of voting rightsthat may beacquired (if theinstrumentexercised/converted) % of votingrights
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights 17,225,470 % of voting rights 4.96
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
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 400,000
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 30 June 2010
13. Additional information: None
14. Contact name: Shaheen Hussain
15. Contact telephone number: fil-reqreporting@fil.com
Schedule
Issuer name: GAME Group plc
Current Ownership
Percentage: 4.96%
Total Shares held: 17,225,470
Issued Share Capital: 346,634,548
SHARES HELD NOMINEE MANAGEMENT COMPANY
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 Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FIL), investment managers for various non-US 7,561,018 BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX FIL
investment companies and institutional clients
751,624 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIL
1,106,564 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIL
7,154,765 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FISL
29,400 NOMURA TRUST AND BANKING FIJ
622,099 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH (C) FIL
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