BPTY.L Regulatory News (BPTY)

15 Jan 2007 10:00

PartyGaming Plc15 January 2007 15 January 2007 PartyGaming Plc Notification of Major Interest in Shares 1. Name of listed company PartyGaming Plc 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest Orbis Investment Management Limited 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; orin the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouseor children under the age of 18 As in 2 above 4. Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Orbis Global Equity Fund Limited 106,186,048 (2.65%)Orbis Optimal Global Fund, LP 1,148,364 (0.03%)Orbis Optimal SA Fund Limited 4,724,644 (0.12%)Fortis Deep World Fund 2,378,835 (0.06%)Orbis MIS-Orbis Global Equity Fund 7,554,887 (0.19%) 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not advised 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not advised 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.0015 pence each 10. Date of transaction Not advised 11. Date listed company informed 12 January 2007 12. Total holding following this notification 121,982,778 ordinary shares of 0.0015 pence each 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 3.05% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Robert Hoskin Deputy Company Secretary +350 78700 16. Name of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for makingthis notification Robert Hoskin, Deputy Company Secretary 17. Date of notification 15 January 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange