TIDMGMG 
 
RNS Number : 4941S 
Game Group PLC 
19 May 2009 
 
 
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which 
voting rights are attached: 
 
GAME Group Plc 
 
2. Reason for the notification 
(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s): 
 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (  X  ) 
 
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the 
acquisition of shares already 
 issued to which voting rights are attached: ( 
  ) 
 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (     ) 
 
Other (please specify) : (    ) 
 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: 
 
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in 4 
below. 
 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) : 
 
TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC 
 
College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF")* 
 
- CREF Stock Account 
- CREF Global Equities Account 
 
* Registered Investment Company 
 
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if 
different): 
 
13 May 2009 
 
6. Date on which issuer notified: 
 
18 May 2009 
 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
 
3% 
 
8. Notified Details: 
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 
+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+ 
| Class/type of shares      |   Situation previous to the triggering transaction    | 
| if possible use ISIN      |                                                       | 
| CODE                      |                                                       | 
+---------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                           |   Number of shares        |   Number of voting rights | 
+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+ 
| GB0007360158              |   11,058,502              |   11, 058,502             | 
+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+ 
 
 
+----------------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ 
|                      |   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                        | 
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Class/type of shares |   Number of shares   | Number of voting rights    |   % of voting rights      | 
| if possible use ISIN |                      |                            |                           | 
| CODE                 |                      |                            |                           | 
+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------+ 
|                      |                      |   Direct     | Indirect    |   Direct    | Indirect    | 
+----------------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ 
| GB0007360158         | 10,165,539           |   10,165,539 |             |   2.94%     |             | 
+----------------------+----------------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ 
 
B: Financial Instruments 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------------------+----------------+ 
| Type of        |   Expiration   |   Exercise/    |   No. of voting rights |   % of voting  | 
| Financial      |   Date         |   Conversion   |   that may be          |   rights       | 
| instrument     |                |   period/date  |   acquired (if the     |                | 
|                |                |                |   instrument           |                | 
|                |                |                |   exercised/           |                | 
|                |                |                |   converted)           |                | 
+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------------------+----------------+ 
| N/A            |   N/A          |   N/A          |   N/A                  |   N/A          | 
+----------------+----------------+----------------+------------------------+----------------+ 
 
Total (A+B) 
+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| Number of voting rights                |   % of voting rights                   | 
+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ 
| 10,165,539                             |   2.94%                                | 
+----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ 
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable : 
 
The College Retirement Equities Fund ("CREF") hereby informs you that on May 13, 
2009, CREF sold 892,963 shares of GAME Group Plc, bringing its total holdings in 
your company to 10,165,539 shares. CREF owns these shares through two of its 
investment accounts, the Global Equities Account and the Stock Account. It is 
our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of GAME Group Plc are 
346,323,657 bringing CREF's ownership in your company to a 2.94% level. 
 
For your information, CREF is a US-based investment company, which is registered 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). CREF has multiple 
investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies. All 
assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are 
managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment 
adviser. 
 
Proxy Voting: 
 
10. Name of proxy holder: 
 
Equitable Nominees Limited 
 
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: 
 
N/A 
 
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 
 
N/A 
 
13. Additional information: 
 
None 
 
14. Contact name: 
 
Michael Albert 
 
15. Contact telephone number: 
 
001-212-490-9000 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
   END 
 
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