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Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd01 April 2005 FORM 8.1/8.3 Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack if appropriate and the Takeover Panel. Use aseparate form for each class of securities in which dealings have been made. Date of Disclosure 01/04/2005............................................................... DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) and 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERSAND MERGERS Date of dealing 31/03/2005............................................................... Dealing in (name of company) Rathbone Brothers........................... 1. Class of securities (eg ordinary shares) Ordinary............................................................... 2. Amount Amount Price Bought Sold Per Unit6,220 8.05 3. Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentage ofclass) 1,138,193.......... 2.785% 4. Party making disclosure Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd................................. 5. EITHER (a) Name of purchaser / vendor (Note 1) ............................................................... OR (b) if dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund managementorganisation Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd ................................. 6. Reason for disclosure (Note 2) ............................................................... (a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3) NO (ii) offeree company NO Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf) ............................................................... If category (8), explain ............................................................... (b) Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of theclass of relevant securities dealt in) YES Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above ............................................................... (Also print name of signatory) Martyn Horn............................................. Telephone and Extension number 01793 363011.......................................... For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code. If indoubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring Section, Tel. No:020 7638 0129. Email: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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