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Tribeca Global Management LLC19 January 2007 FORM 8.1 DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREE COMPANIES OR THEIR ASSOCIATES FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS (Rules 8.1(a) and (b)(i) of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) Tribeca Global Management LLC Company dealt in Countrywide plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinaries / CFDsdealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 5th January 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 (0%) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Price per unit (Note 5)e.g. CFD CFD Long 2357 5.375 GBP CFD Long 643 5.375 GBP CFD Long 3000 5.375 GBP CFD Long 1290 5.38 GBP Closing out of a synthetic CFD position taken out prior to the offer period (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,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 7) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) 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.Tribeca Global Management LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., which is the parent vehicle of CitibankInternational plc, the adviser to 3i Investments plc. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) /NO Date of disclosure 19th January 2007 Contact name Robin Oliver Telephone number 020 7500 7227 / 07725 681040 Name of offeree/offeror with which associated 3i Investments plc Specify category and nature of associate status (Note 10) A person under the same control as the connected adviser as defined in paragraph 2 of the Associate definition. Notes The Notes on Form 8.1 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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