Bwin party Digital Entertainment : Holdings in Company - Henderson Group plc

Day and Date

30 November 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: ( )

   
   

   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: (X) Revised Transparency Directive

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

   
   

   Henderson Group plc

   
   

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. November 2015

   
   

7. Date on which issuer notified:

   
   

8. November 2015




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

   
   

   Above 5%

   
   

10. Notified details:

    
    

    A: Voting rights attached to shares

    
    

    Class/type of shares GI000A0MV757

    
    

    Situation previous to the triggering transaction Number of Shares

    41,820,617

    
    

    Number of Voting Rights 41,820,617

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Number of shares

    -

    
    

    Number of voting rights Direct

    
    

    -

    
    

    Number of voting rights Indirect

    
    

    65,267,962

    
    

    % of voting rights Direct

    -

    
    

    % of voting rights Indirect

    7.88%

    
    

    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

    
    

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial instrument

    Securities On Loan Expiration date

    -

    
    

    Exercise/ Conversion period

    
    

    -

    
    

    Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. 205,000

    % of voting rights 0.02%

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

    
    

    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial instrument

    CFD

    
    

    Exercise Price

    
    

    -

    
    

    Expiration date

    
    

    -

    
    

    Exercise/ Conversion period

    
    

    -

    
    

    Number of voting rights instrument refers to 9,999,125

    % of voting rights Nominal

    1.20%

    
    

    Delta

    
    

    -

    
    

    Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights 75,472,087

    % of voting rights 9.11%

    
    

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:

    
    

    Revised transparency directive notification.

    
    

16. Contact name:

    
    

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

    
    

17. Contact telephone number:




+350 200 78700