PRG.L Regulatory News (PRG)

4 Jan 2008 10:21

Hermes Investment Management04 January 2008 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) HERMES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD Company dealt in PREMIER RESEARCH PLC Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) ORDINARY SHARES 1P Date of dealing 3 JANUARY 2008 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 860,000 1.430 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 860,000 1.430Total (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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 sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) SALE 1,167 0.740 100,000 0.66125 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short Number of Price per name, e.g. (Note 6) securities unit (Note 5)CFD (Note 7) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, Expiry Option name,e.g. selling, securities price e.g. date money call purchasing, to which American, paid/ option varying the option European received etc. relates etc. per unit (Note 7) (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, Number of Exercise price per unit e.g. call option securities (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (if 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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 4 JANUARY 2008 Contact name VALERIE DAVIDSON Telephone number 020 7680 2177 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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange