SAR 3 - ARC Risk Management

11 Apr 2006 18:35

ARC Risk Management Group PLC11 April 2006 DISCLOSURE OF ACQUISITIONS (Rule 3 of The Rules Governing Substantial Acquisitions of Shares) +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Name of acquirer |Financial and General Securities Limited |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Beneficial owner, if different from | ||above | || | || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Names of any other persons acting by |Simon Richards ||agreement or understanding (see SAR |Sidebell Limited ||5) | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Company dealt in |ARC Risk Management Group plc || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Class of voting shares (eg ordinary |Ordinary shares ||shares) | || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Date of acquisition |10 April 2006 || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Number of shares acquired |5,000,000 || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Number of rights over shares acquired| ||# | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Nature of rights over shares | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Total holding of voting shares (and |60,142,500 (19.8%) ||percentage of total voting shares in | ||issue) | || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Total holding of rights over shares | ||(and percentage of total voting | ||shares in issue) | || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Combined total holding (and |60,142,500 (19.8%) ||percentage) of voting shares and |(Sidebell Ltd: 17.71%; Simon Richards: 0.48%; ||rights over shares |Financial and General Securities Ltd: 1.65%) || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Date of disclosure |11 April 2006 || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Contact name |Jeremy Porter || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+|Telephone number |020 7107 8000 || | |+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ # See the definition of "rights over shares" in the Definitions Section of theSARs. For details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see SARs 3 and 5 and theirNotes which 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