RNS Number : 2458I
  Game Group PLC
  17 November 2008
   

    17 November 2008


    THE GAME GROUP PLC

    ANALYST AND INVESTOR EVENT
    GAME IN FRANCE

    The GAME Group plc ("GAME"), Europe's leading retailer of PC and video games, is this evening holding an analyst and investor event, in
London, comprising a presentation on GAME's French business.

    A copy of the presentation will be made available tomorrow on the investor relations section of the company's website,
www.gamegroup.plc.uk.

    Members of GAME's Executive Board and international management team will be in attendance.  This will include the Chairman Peter Lewis,
Group CEO Lisa Morgan, Deputy CEO and Group FD David Thomas, GAME France MD Philippe Wehmeyer and Non-Executive Director, and ex-Chairman
and Chief Executive of FNAC, Jean-Paul Giraud.

 GAME  Simon Soffe                 +44 (0)1256 784162
       Head of Investor Relations

 Brunswick   Wendel Verbeek   +44 (0)20 7404 5959
             Ash Spiegelberg

    Notes:

    No material new information will be disclosed in the presentation, nor will there be any statement on current trading. The presentation
is intended to provide information on GAME's French business as part of our wider international strategy. This follows on from our
presentation on GAME in Spain in 2006.

    GAME Internationally

    Our combination of acquisition and organic growth has seen us move from four stores in one international territory in 1999 to an
expected 640 stores in eight international territories by Christmas this year.

 Twelve months to 31 January   2006   2007   2008
 International
 Own Stores                     249    375    491
 Franchises                      41     35     21
 Total Outlets                  290    410    512
 Sales (EUR'm)                219.5  307.4  553.9
 EBITDA (EUR'm)                 6.9   14.6   29.9
    Using a constant exchange rate of �1:EUR1.43.

    The History of GAME in France

    Since the acquisition of ScoreGames in 2001, we have grown both organically and through acquisition in France. We purchased Addon, a 10
store and 10 franchise chain in early 2005 and Maxi-Livres, a 50 store book chain that we converted to game outlets in 2007.  Today we are
the second largest specialist retailer of computer software and video games in France. We expect to have in excess of 190 stores and
franchises in France before the key Christmas trading period.

 Twelve months to 31 January  2006   2007   2008
 France
 Own Stores                     94    130    170
 Franchises                     11     11      7
 Total Outlets                 105    141    177
 Sales (EUR'm)                92.4  116.1  201.9
 EBITDA (EUR'm)                1.0    3.4    6.7
    Using a constant exchange rate of �1:EUR1.43.
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