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FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing (Note 1) Weiss Capital LLC (Manager of Brookdale
International Partners LP and Investment Manager of Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund) Company dealt in Carpathian PLC
Class of relevant security to Common Stock
which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 16 March 2009
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 29,569,141 12.7% (2) Derivatives (other than 2,250,000 1.0% options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 31,819,141 13.7%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4)(a) Purchases and salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) Purchase 795,000 0.09875 GBP
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/short (Note Number of securities Price per unit (Note 6) (Note 7) 5) e.g. CFD
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option
selling, securities to American, money e.g. call purchasing, which the price European date option varying option etc. paid/ etc. relates (Note received 7) per unit (Note 5) (ii) ExercisingProduct name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unit option (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if (Note 8) applicable) (Note 5) 4. OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Weiss Capital LLC is Manager of Brookdale International Partners LP (20,569,149 ordinary shares or 8.9%; CFD on 1,462,500 ordinary shares or 0.6%) and Investment Manager of Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund (8,999,992 ordinary shares or 3.9%; CFD on 787,500 ordinary shares or 0.3%)
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure March 16, 2009 Contact name Georgiy Nikitin Telephone number +1-617-778-7780
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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