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Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd21 March 2007 FORM 38.5 (b) DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERSWITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUSBUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY(Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader CSS (EUROPE) LTD Company dealt in Countrywide PLC Class of relevant security to which the dealings being Ordinary Sharesdisclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 20-Mar-2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 51151 0.03 (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 51151 0.03 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class Of Relevant Security : Long Short (1) Relevant Securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) Buy 14453 5.945 (GBP)Buy 10125 5.945 (GBP)Buy 8448 5.945 (GBP)Buy 5127 5.915 (GBP)Buy 1581 5.935 (GBP)Buy 1468 5.93 (GBP)Buy 1150 5.93 (GBP)Buy 1092 5.94 (GBP)Buy 1069 5.9 (GBP)Buy 1050 5.96 (GBP)Buy 1042 5.915 (GBP)Buy 1026 5.905 (GBP)Buy 1023 5.95 (GBP)Buy 995 5.905 (GBP)Buy 983 5.905 (GBP)Buy 972 5.9 (GBP)Buy 961 5.915 (GBP)Buy 956 5.91 (GBP)Buy 943 5.91 (GBP)Buy 941 5.905 (GBP)Buy 936 5.895 (GBP)Buy 920 5.895 (GBP)Buy 914 5.9 (GBP)Buy 897 5.905 (GBP)Buy 843 5.915 (GBP)Buy 829 5.93 (GBP)Buy 747 5.91 (GBP)Buy 703 5.945 (GBP)Buy 583 5.97 (GBP)Buy 497 5.965 (GBP)Buy 477 5.945 (GBP)Buy 378 5.915 (GBP)Buy 321 5.905 (GBP)Buy 311 5.92 (GBP)Buy 307 5.96 (GBP)Buy 307 5.95 (GBP)Buy 301 5.965 (GBP)Buy 298 5.965 (GBP)Buy 238 5.96 (GBP)Buy 200 5.9 (GBP)Buy 192 5.91 (GBP)Buy 168 5.96 (GBP)Buy 161 5.915 (GBP)Buy 155 5.915 (GBP)Buy 145 5.93 (GBP)Buy 104 5.945 (GBP)Buy 70 5.905 (GBP)Buy 45 5.96 (GBP)Buy 30 5.9 (GBP)Buy 30 5.905 (GBP)Sell 4982 5.895 (GBP)Sell 2531 5.895 (GBP)Sell 1494 5.895 (GBP)Sell 800 5.9 (GBP)Sell 600 5.905 (GBP)Sell 500 5.9 (GBP)Sell 321 5.905 (GBP)Sell 42 5.895 (GBP)Sell 40 5.9 (GBP) (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, e.g. CFD Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, selling, Number of securities to Exercise Type, e.g. American, Option money paid/name,e.g. call purchasing, varying which the option relates price European etc.Expiry received per unitoption etc. (Note 6) date (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 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. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) No Date of disclosure 21-Mar-2007 11:39:17 Contact name Murray,Duncan Telephone number 44 20 7883 5407 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Apollo Management VI L.P. Nature of connection (Note 9) ADVISOR Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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