Rule 8.3- Ardana PLC

14 Apr 2008 17:20

Rathbone Brothers PLC14 April 2008 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) Rathbone Brothers Plc (Entity reporting) Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited (Entity dealing) Company dealt in Ardana Plc Class of relevant security to which the 1p Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 11 April 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 1,081,633 (1.65) (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 1,081,633 (1.65) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than 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 n/a (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details n/a 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) SALE 100,000 16p (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Price per unit (Note 5)e.g. CFD n/a (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 7) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 5) n/a (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5) n/a (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) n/a 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. None. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 14 april 2008 Contact name Chris Whitehead Telephone number 020 7399 0000 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected n/aIf a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) n/a 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