EPT Disclosure

3 Jan 2008 10:37

Numis Securities Limited03 January 2008 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Numis Securities Limited Company dealt in Gyrus Group PLC Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares 1pdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 2 January 2008 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) Lowest price paid (Note 3) 293,076 623 Pence 620.5 Pence Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) Lowest price received (Note 3) 289,448 623 Pence 620.5 Pence (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) e.g. CFDNil Nil Nil Nil (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) Nil Nil Nil 3. 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 relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. N/A Date of disclosure 3 January 2008 Contact name Henry Jenkins Telephone number 0207 260 1259 Name of offeree with which connected Gyrus Group PLC Nature of connection (Note 6) Financial Adviser and Joint Broker to Gyrus Group PLC Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(a) 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