BPTY.L Regulatory News (BPTY)

19 Jan 2007 11:01

PartyGaming Plc19 January 2007 19 January 2007 PartyGaming Plc ("PartyGaming" or the "Company") Completion of the acquisition of certain businesses and assets from both Empire Online Limited ("EOL") and Intercontinental Online Gaming Limited ("Intercontinental") PartyGaming, the world's leading listed online gaming company, announces thecompletion today of the deals to acquire the assets, players and gaming relatedcontracts associated with Empire Online's gaming business and all ofIntercontinental Online Gaming's business and assets. In consideration for both acquisitions, PartyGaming has issued 115,193,842 newPartyGaming ordinary shares of 0.0015 pence each ("Shares"), which have todaybeen admitted to the Official List of the Financial Services Authority andadmitted to trading by the London Stock Exchange on its market for listedsecurities. As a result the Company now has 4,115,193,842 Shares in issue, ofwhich 3,945,498,520 Shares currently carry voting rights. Contacts PartyGaming Plc +44 (0) 20 7337 0100Peter Reynolds, Director of Investor RelationsJohn Shepherd, Director of Corporate Communications Financial Dynamics +44 (0) 20 7831 3113Edward Bridges / Juliet Clarke This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange