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Morgan Stanley Securities Ld(EPT)05 February 2008 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Morgan Stanley Securities Limited Company dealt in Punch Tavern Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 04 February 2008 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) GBP Lowest price paid (Note 3) GBP 2,540,419 7.2700 6.4650 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 1,123,546 7.3350 6.4900 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFD CFD LONG 2,913 6.6750CFD SHORT 32,575 6.8138CFD LONG 13,499 6.6600CFD LONG 17,001 6.6850CFD LONG 13,729 6.6978CFD LONG 34,330 6.6978CFD LONG 1,810 6.6978CFD LONG 7,734 6.6978CFD LONG 50,000 6.7017CFD LONG 8,400 6.7104CFD LONG 168,051 6.7336CFD LONG 19,886 6.7358CFD LONG 73,590 6.7414CFD LONG 1 6.7487CFD LONG 13,600 6.7514CFD LONG 145,000 6.7648CFD LONG 44,000 6.9320CFD LONG 6,000 6.9320CFD LONG 60,000 6.9602CFD LONG 220,000 7.0644CFD LONG 13,000 7.0878CFD LONG 58,802 7.3167CFD LONG 5,675 7.3167CFD SHORT 100,000 6.6476CFD SHORT 49,080 6.6758CFD SHORT 1,135,134 6.6880CFD SHORT 534,181 6.6880CFD SHORT 20,916 6.6965CFD SHORT 1,704 6.6965CFD SHORT 45,446 6.6976CFD SHORT 49,035 6.7154CFD SHORT 59,666 6.7177CFD SHORT 41,945 6.7177CFD SHORT 360,674 6.7198CFD SHORT 73,590 6.7561CFD SHORT 25,000 6.8252CFD SHORT 33,000 6.8991 (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 price American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) European etc. unit (Note 3) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3)N/A N/A N/A 3. 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 Date of disclosure 05 February 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Reuters Group Plc Nature of connection (Note 6) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(a) 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 ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLC