TIDMGMG 
 
RNS Number : 2819T 
Game Group PLC 
03 June 2009 
 
 
 
 
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| For filings with the FSA include the annex | 
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| For filings with issuer exclude the annex  | 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                         | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          |                                   | 
| underlying issuer of existing shares to   | The GAME Group plc                | 
| which voting rights are attached:         |                                   | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):       | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            |        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which   |        | 
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting |        | 
| rights are attached                                                    |        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect |        | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                    |        | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                       |        | 
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| Other (please      | Current holdings of instruments with similar      | X      | 
| specify):          | economic effect to qualifying financial           |        | 
|                    | instruments (as defined under FSA rules) at at 1  |        | 
|                    | June 2009                                         |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the  | Maverick Capital, Ltd., as a      | 
| notification obligation:                  | discretionary manager of client   | 
|                                           | accounts                          | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if        |  N/A                              | 
| different from 3.):                       |                                   | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on    |  1 June 2009                      | 
| which the threshold is crossed or         |                                   | 
| reached:                                  |                                   | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:         |  1 June 2009                      | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or    |  4%                               | 
| reached:                                  |                                   | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                        | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                         | 
|                                                                                             | 
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| Class/type of  | Situation previous  | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | 
| shares         | to the triggering   |                                                      | 
| if possible    | transaction         |                                                      | 
| using          |                     |                                                      | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                     |                                                      | 
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|                | Number         | Number   | Number   | Number of voting    | % of voting rights  | 
|                | of             | of       | of       | rights              |                     | 
|                | Shares         | Voting   | shares   |                     |                     | 
|                |                | Rights   |          |                     |                     | 
+                +                +          +----------+---------------------+---------------------+ 
|                |                |          | Direct         | Direct   | Indirect | Direct   | Indirect | 
+----------------+----------------+----------+----------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
|                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          | 
+----------------+          +          +          +          +          +          +          + 
|                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          | 
+----------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+ 
 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                          | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                         | 
|                                                                                              | 
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| Type of financial   | Expiration | Exercise/          | Number of voting    | % of voting    | 
| instrument          | date       | Conversion         | rights that may be  | rights         | 
|                     |            | Period             | acquired if the     |                | 
|                     |            |                    | instrument is       |                | 
|                     |            |                    | exercised/          |                | 
|                     |            |                    | converted.          |                | 
|                     |            |                    |                     |                | 
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|                     |            |                    |                     |                | 
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+---------------+----------+------------+------------+----------------+---------------+---------+ 
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                 | 
| Instruments                                                                                   | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                          | 
|                                                                                               | 
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| Type of       | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of      | % of voting             | 
| financial     | price    | date       | Conversion | voting         | rights                  | 
| instrument    |          |            | period     | rights         |                         | 
|               |          |            |            | instrument     |                         | 
|               |          |            |            | refers to      |                         | 
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| Total Return  | N/A      | Greater    |  N/A       | 16,636,468     | Nominal       | Delta   | 
| Swap          |          | than 12    |            |                |               |         | 
|               |          | months     |            |                |               |         | 
|               |          | from 1     |            |                |               |         | 
|               |          | June       |            |                |               |         | 
|               |          | 2009       |            |                |               |         | 
+               +          +            +            +                +---------------+---------+ 
|               |          |            |            |                |  4.8%         |  N/A    | 
|               |          |            |            |                |               |         | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                 | 
|                                                                               | 
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| Number of voting rights                   | Percentage of voting rights       | 
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|  16,636,468                               |  4.8                              | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the         | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                             | 
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|  N/A                                                                                   | 
|                                                                                        | 
|                                                                                        | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                 | 
|                                                                               | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:             |                                   | 
|                                           | N/A                               | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder  |                                   | 
| will cease to hold:                       | N/A                               | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease |                                   | 
| to hold voting rights:                    | N/A                               | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 13. Additional information:               | Revised notification to include   | 
|                                           | the number of shares the swap     | 
|                                           | refers to and the percentage      | 
|                                           | ownership                         | 
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| 14. Contact name:                         |                                   | 
|                                           | John T. McCafferty                | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:             |                                   | 
|                                           | 1-214-880-4040                    | 
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