MOSB.L Regulatory News (MOSB)

10 Feb 2005 18:18

Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg10 February 2005 FORM SAR 3 Date of disclosure 10TH FEBRUARY 2005... DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs") Date of acquisition.....10TH FEBRUARY 2005........................... Acquisition in..MOSS BROS PLC.................(name of company) (1) Class of voting shares Number of shares/rights If rights over shares (eg ordinary shares) over shares acquired acquired, as opposed to the shares themselves, specify nature of rights ORDINARY SHARES... ..1,000,000..shares ..................... ...N/A..........rights (2) Resultant total holding Resultant total holding Total percentage of voting shares (and % of rights over shares of total voting shares (and % of total voting in issue) shares in issue) 6,150,000..(6.7%) 20,746,932...(22.56%) 26,896,932(29.2%) (3) Party making disclosure..KAUPTHING BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A. ............. (4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares KEVIN GERALD and, if different, beneficial owner...............STANFORD ESQ. (b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)............................ Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above................... (Also print name of signatory)....CLARE GAUGHAN............... Telephone and extension number...+352 46 31 31 659................... Note 1. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting byagreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of oracquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregateholdings to disclose certain disposals. Note 2: The resultant total percentage holding of voting shares and rights overshares is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and in issueoutside treasury. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of theSARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, MonitoringSection, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. E-mail: monitoring@disclosure.org.uk Note On July 23, 2004 between Mr.Stanford entered into a Contract for Differenceswith Cantor Fitzgerald Europe referring to 20,746,932 in Moss Bros Group PLC. OnJuly 22,2004, Mr Stanford also entered into a written agreement with CantorFitzgerald Europe under which, for as long as the Contract for Differencesremain open, Mr Stanford(l) controls voting rights in relation to the underlyingshares owned by Cantor Fitzgerald Europe to hedge the Contracts for Differenceentered into with Mr Stanford (2) and is entitled to acquire the beneficialinterest in each Moss Bros Group PLC shares. The number of underlying shares towhich this agreement relates is 20,746,932 Moss Bros Group PLC. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange