EPT Disclosure

27 Sep 2007 11:26

Numis Securities Limited27 September 2007 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 LimitedCompany dealt in SMC Group PLCClass of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares 0.5pdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 26 September 2007 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) Lowest price paid (Note 3) 31,350 16 Pence 16 Pence Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) Lowest price received (Note 3) NIL NIL NIL (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 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. N/A Date of disclosure 27 September 2007 Contact name Henry Jenkins Telephone number 0207 260 1259 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected SMC Group PLCNature of connection (Note 6) NOMAD and Broker to SMC 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