27th Jan 2005 11:04
Newton Management Ltd27 January 2005 FORM 8.1/8.3Lodge with Company Accouncements Office and the Takeover Panel. Use separateform for each class of securities in which dealings have been made.Date of Disclosure 27th January 2005 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1 (b) (i) AND 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERSAND MERGERSDate of dealing 26th January 2005Dealing in ...Serco Group PLC ... 2. •Class of securities Ordinary 0.02.........Amount bought Amount Sold Price per unit 27,688 2.51 (3)Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled(and percentage of class 38,804,358( 8.91%) (4)Party making disclosure Newton Management Limited & itssubsidiaries............ (5)EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1)....................................OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund managementorganisation Newton Management Limited & its subsidiaries................ (6)Reason for disclosure (Note 2)(a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3)NO(ii) offeree companyNOSpecify 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 the class of relevant securities dealt in)YES Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above....................................(Also print name of signatory) Barry SmallsTelephone and extension number ...020-7163-2251......... _____________________________ Note 1.Specify owner, not nominee or vehicle company. If relevant, also identify controller of owner, e.g. where an owner normally acts on instructions of a controller. Note 2.Disclosure might be made for more than one reason; if so, state all reasons. Note 3.Specify which offeror if there is more than one. Note 4.When an arrangement exists with any offeror, with the offeree company or with an associate of any offeror or of the offeree company in relation to relevant securities, details of such arrangement must be disclosed, as required by Note 6 on Rule 8. .................. Full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Tel. No: 0171 382 9026. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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