Betfair Group Ltd : Holding(s) in Company

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Betfair Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
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 (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Charlton Corporation
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	8 July 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	9 July 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Disposal of a direct interest in 10.6% of the voting rights.

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rightsx
			Direct	Directxi	Indirectxii	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary	11,033,109	11,033,109	0	0	0	0	0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datexiii	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration datexvii	Exercise/ Conversion periodxviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rightsxix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
0	0

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi

Charlton Corporation (which is a wholly owned subsidiary of SOFTBANK CORP.) has disposed of its 10.6% shareholdings in Betfair Group plc

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Yuichiro Kiriyama
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

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