BPTY.L Regulatory News (BPTY)

19 Sep 2006 15:57

PartyGaming Plc19 September 2006 19 September 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 sharesBank of New York 69,981Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 3,495,523Barclays Global Investors Canada 74,270BNP Paribas 334,735Chase Nominees Ltd. A/c 16376 585,718Chase Nominees Ltd. A/c 20947 59,604,021Chase Nominees Ltd. A/c 28270 1,390,441CIBC Mellon Global Securities 255,801IBT - Canada 74,270Investors Bank and Trust Company 26,898,018JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16331 334,479JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16338 71,236JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16341 2,952,518JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16342 152,532JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16344 778,009JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16345 1,301,968JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 16400 9,523,085JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 17011 20,160JP Morgan (BGI Custody) A/c 18408 57,482JP Morgan Chase Bank 7,059,734Master Trust bank 266,882Mellon Trust - US Custodian 619,180Mellon Trust of New England 349,520Mitsubishi Trust International 184,493Mitsui Asset 15,481Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 1,725,804RC Greig Nominees Limited 15,800RC Greig Nominees Limited A/c BL1 2,750RC Greig Nominees Limited GP1 1,250RC Greig Nominees Limited SA1 500State Street Boston 1,137,681State Street Trust of Canada 591,471The Northern Trust Company 422,153Trust & Custody Services Bank 10,225Total 120,377,171 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 2,531,244 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 0.06% 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 0.0015p each 10. Date of transaction 7 September 2006 11. Date listed company informed 19 September 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 120,377,171 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 19 September 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange