Rule 8.3- (Avesco plc)

4 Apr 2007 11:13

Charles Stanley & Co. Ltd.04 April 2007 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) Charles Stanley & Co Ltd Company dealt in Avesco PLC Class of relevant security to which the Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 3 April 2007 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 1,847,102 9.7% This holding represents 1,218,602 shares (6.4%) held by discretionary clients of Charles Stanley & Co Ltd; 589,000 shares (3.1%) held by Charles Stanley associate Gerald Oury; and 39,500 shares (0.2%) held by other Charles Stanley associates and employees.(2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 1,847,102 9.7% (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 (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) Bought 25,000 £1.00GBP (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 (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) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5) (d) Other Dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (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 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. None Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 4 April 2007 Contact name Chris Whitehead Telephone number 020 7149 6520 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected n/aIf a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) n/a This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange