Bwin party Digital Entertainment : Holdings in Company - Janus Capital Management

Day and Date

21 December 2015

bwin.party digital entertainment plc

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

   
   

   bwin.party digital entertainment plc

   
   

2. Reason for the notification:

   
   

   An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (X)

   
   

   An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

   
   

   An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: ( )

   
   

   An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( ) Other: ( )

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

   
   

   Janus Capital Management LLC

   
   

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

   
   

   -

   
   

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

   
   

6. December 2015

   
   

7. Date on which issuer notified:

   
   

8. December 2015




9. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

   
   

   7%

   
   

10. Notified details:

    
    

    A: Voting rights attached to shares

    
    

    Class/type of shares GI000A0MV757

    
    

    Situation previous to the triggering transaction Number of Shares

    58,492,037

    
    

    Number of Voting Rights 58,492,037

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

    
    

    Number of shares Direct

    
    

    56,661,574

    
    

    Number of voting rights Direct

    
    

    56,661,574

    
    

    Number of voting rights Indirect

    
    

    -

    
    

    % of voting rights Direct

    6.84%

    
    

    % of voting rights Indirect

    -

    
    

    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

    
    

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial instrument

    -

    
    

    Expiration date

    
    

    -

    
    

    Exercise/ Conversion period

    
    

    -

    
    

    Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

    
    

    -

    
    

    % of voting rights

    
    

    -

    
    

    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

    
    

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial instrument

    -

    
    

    Exercise Price

    
    

    -

    
    

    Expiration date

    
    

    -

    
    

    Exercise/ Conversion period

    
    

    -

    
    

    Number of voting rights instrument refers to

    
    

    -

    
    

    % of voting rights Nominal

    -

    
    

    Delta

    
    

    -

    
    

    Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights 56,661,574

    % of voting rights 6.84%

    
    

11. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

    
    

    -

    
    

    Proxy Voting:

    
    

12. Name of the proxy holder:

    
    

    -

    
    

13. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

    
    

    -

    
    

14. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

    
    

    -

    
    

15. Additional information:

    
    

    -

    
    

16. Contact name:

    
    

    Robert Hoskin - Company Secretary, bwin.party digital entertainment plc

    
    

17. Contact telephone number:




+350 200 78700