Rule 2.10 Announcement

11 May 2005 16:48

John David Group (The) PLC11 May 2005 11 May 2005 Immediate release THE JOHN DAVID GROUP PLC ("JD") Further to this morning's announcement of the cash offer for 211.2 pence per JDshare on behalf of Manchester Square Enterprises Limited for the whole of theissued and to be issued share capital of JD ("the Offer"), and in accordancewith Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, the Board announcesdetails of all classes of relevant securities issued by the Company, togetherwith the numbers of such securities in issue. The issued share capital of theCompany, all of which is paid up or credited as fully paid up, is as follows: 47,276,628 Ordinary Shares of 10p each ISIN number in respect of the Ordinary Shares: GB 000 477 1548 Enquiries: The John David Group Plc Tel: 0870 873 0333Peter Cowgill, Executive ChairmanBarry Bown, Chief ExecutiveBrian Small, Finance Director Investec Investment Banking Tel: 020 7597 5970David CurrieStefan Borson Hogarth Partnership Limited Tel: 020 7357 9477Andrew JaquesBarnaby Fry Investec Investment Banking, a division of Investec Bank (UK) Limited, which isauthorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial ServicesAuthority, is acting for JD and for no one else in connection with the Offer andwill not regard anyone else as its customer in relation to the Offer. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange