Rule 8.3- Premier Asset Manag

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John Stephen Eckersley04 September 2007 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) JOHN STEPHEN ECKERSLEY Company dealt in PREMIER ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC Class of relevant security to which ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 3RD SEPTEMBER 2007 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 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell APPROXTotal 45,000 0.25% 0 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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) SALE 394,802 285p (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short Number of Price per name, e.g. (Note 6) securities unit (Note 5)CFD (Note 7) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, Expiry Option name,e.g. selling, securities price e.g. date money call purchasing, to which American, paid/ option varying the option European received etc. relates etc. per unit (Note 7) (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, Number of Exercise price per unit e.g. call option securities (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (if applicable) (Note 5) EXERCISE OF CALL EXERCISE OF 285pOPTION BY ANOTHER CALL OPTIONPARTY HELD BY HARVARD BIDCO LIMITED 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. Following previous announcement by Harvard BidCo Limited on 24 August 2007, anoption given in favour of Harvard BidCo Limited to acquire 394,802 ordinaryshares was exercised, leaving a holding of 45,000 shares (equivalent toapproximately 0.25%) held by a Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme, of whichMr Eckersley is the beneficiary. Such latter shares are assented to the offer. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 4TH SEPTEMBER 2007 Contact name JOHN ECKERSLEY Telephone number If a connected EFM, name of offeree 07852 996 371 /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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange