Holding(s) in Company

888 Holdings plc 18 October 2006 Amendment 2 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF 888 HOLDINGS PLC (THE 'ARTICLES') 1.Company in which shares are held: 888 Holdings Plc 2.Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares (A) FMR Corp. 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings). (B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL) P.O. Box HM 670 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d 82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109 A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited. 4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant to Article 246 (b) of the Articles. 5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis. 6. The disclosable interests arise under Article 235(b) (ii) of the Articles, namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of such rights, of under Article 235 (c) - (d) respectively. Schedule A Amendment 2 Security: 888 HOLDINGS PLC Current ownership percentage: 3.81% Total Shares Held 12,856,091 Shares in issue: 337,096,320 Change in holdings since last filing: (952,117) ordinary shares MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTEREDNAME 980,400 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 569,800 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 499,200 FPM MELLON BANK 388,200 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 323,900 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 270,500 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON 127,100 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 8,068,322 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 997,369 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 132,100 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 499,200 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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