Rule 8.3 - Carpathian PLC

23 Apr 2009 07:00

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) Weiss Capital LLC (Manager of Brookdale

International Partners LP and Investment Manager of Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund) Company dealt in Carpathian PLC

Class of relevant security to Common Stock

which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 22 April 2009

2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 37,304,304 16.1% (2) Derivatives (other than 2,250,000 1.0% options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 39,554,304 17.0%

(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 salesPurchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) Purchase 1,318,641 0.175 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, Long/short (Note Number of securities Price per unit (Note 6) (Note 7) 5) e.g. CFD

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option

selling, securities to American, money e.g. call purchasing, which the price European date option varying option etc. paid/ etc. relates (Note received 7) per unit (Note 5) (ii) ExercisingProduct name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unit option (Note 5)

(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if (Note 8) 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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Weiss Capital LLC is Manager of Brookdale International Partners LP (25,597,005 ordinary sharesor 11.0% ; CFD on 1,462,500ordinary shares or 0.6%)and Investment Manager of Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund(11,707,299 ordinary sharesor 5.0%; CFD on 787,500 ordinary shares or 0.3%)

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO

Date of disclosure April 22, 2009 Contact name Georgiy Nikitin Telephone number +1-617-778-7780

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)

Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk