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Investec Bank (UK) Limited20 December 2005 FORM 38.5 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS (Rule 38.5 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader INVESTEC BANK (UK) LTD Company dealt in WORKSPACE GROUP PLC Class of relevant security to which the ORDINARY SHARESdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 19/12/2005 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) Lowest price paid (Note 3) Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) Lowest price paid received (Note 3) 3,221 310p 307p (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3)e.g. CFD (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 American, date paid/received pere.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) price European etc. unit (Note 3) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3) 3. 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. Date of disclosure 20/12/2005 Contact name Aimee Richardson Telephone number 020 7597 4394 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected WORKSPACE GROUP PLC Nature of connection (Note 6) JOINT BROKER Notes The Notes on Form 38.5 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:
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