BPTY.L Regulatory News (BPTY)

11 Oct 2006 17:47

PartyGaming Plc11 October 2006 11 October 2006 PartyGaming Plc Notification of Major Interest in Shares 1. Name of listed company PartyGaming Plc 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest Barclays PLC 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 Registered Holder No. of shares Bank of New York 69,981Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 5,740,103Barclays Global Investors Canada 74,270BNP Paribas 334,735Chase Nominees Ltd. A/c 16376 603,350Chase Nominees Ltd. A/c 20947 58,171,424Chase Nominees Ltd. A/c 28270 1,390,441CIBC Mellon Global Securities 255,801Investors Bank and Trust Company 26,624,794JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16331 310,217JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16338 71,236JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16341 2,903,256JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16342 172,237JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16344 795,266JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16345 1,301,968JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16400 9,546,708JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 17011 20,160JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 18408 94,238JP Morgan Chase Bank 5,773,209Master Trust Bank 843,790Mellon Trust - US Custodian 607,641Mellon Trust of New England 339,295Mitsui Asset 15,481Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 1,499,571RC Greig Nominees Limited 7,550RC Greig Nominees Limited A/c BL1 2,750RC Greig Nominees Limited GP1 1,250RC Greig Nominees Limited SA1 500State Street Boston 1,095,586State Street Trust of Canada 579,022The Northern Trust Company 408,940Trust & Custody Services Bank 885,713Total 120,540,483 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed Not advised 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Not advised 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 0.0015 pence each 10. Date of transaction 9 October 2006 11. Date listed company informed 11 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 120,540,483 ordinary shares of 0.0015p 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) 3.01% 14. Any additional information - 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Robert HoskinDeputy 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 11 October 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange