Coats Regulatory News (COA)

25 Jul 2008 17:59



The following announcement replaces an announcement released earlier today at 17.24 under RNS No. 9515Z

GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC

Guinness Peat Group plc advises that it has today supplied the following Rule 8 notification to Inspired Gaming Group plc ("Inspired")

"25 July 2008

The Company Secretary

Inspired Gaming Group plc

3 The MaltingsWetmore RoadBurton on Trent

Staffordshire DE14 1SE

Dear Sirs

Disclosure of Interest in Shares pursuant to Rule 8 of the Takeover Code

("the Code")

Guinness Peat Group plc and its subsidiary companies ("the Group") hereby notify Inspired Gaming Group plc ("Inspired") that, following participation in the Placement by Inspired, it has acquired 5,000,000 Convertible Preference Shares of Inspired ("Prefs") at £0.50 per Pref. The Group's direct long interest in the relevant securities (as defined in the Code) being the Prefs now amounts to 5,000,000 Prefs representing 1.31% of the issued Prefs of Inspired.

Furthermore, and in accordance with its announcement of 18 June 2008, GPG hereby confirms that the Group's direct long interest in the relevant securities (as defined in the Code) being Ordinary shares of Inspired ("Shares"), remains 2,000,000 Shares representing 3.27% of the issued Shares.

Therefore the Group's total long interest in the voting rights of Inspired represents 4.58% of Inspired's issued total voting rights.

The Group has an interest by virtue of being a Rule 8 shareholder of Inspired. No member of the Group is party to any agreement or arrangement relating to the exercise of any rights conferred by holding the Shares the subject of this notification.

Yours faithfully

J R Russell

Company Secretary"

Richard Russell

Company Secretary

Guinness Peat Group plc

Tel: +44 20 7484 3370

25 July 2008

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