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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited07 February 2008 THE PANEL EXECUTIVE HAS AGREED ON AN EX-PARTE BASIS THAT THE BELOW TRADES HAVE NO CONSEQUENCES. 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) Morgan Stanley Securities Limited Company dealt in Mitchells & Butlers Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 05 February 2008 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 0 1,775,535 (0.00%) (0.44%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 0 N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 0 N/A N/A Total 0 1,775,535 (0.00%) (0.44%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Ordinary Shares Long Shortdealt in ADR form Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 0 0 (0.00%) (0.00%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) 0 0 N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 0 N/A N/A Total 0 0 (0.00%) (0.00%) (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details N/A N/A 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) GBP SALE 598 4.5700 ***Please note: The UK Takeover Panel have been made aware of the above trade (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Price per unit (Note 5) e.g. CFDN/A N/A N/A N/A (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) 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 5)N/A N/A N/A (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) N/A N/A N/A 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.N/A Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES Date of disclosure 07 February 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which associated Punch Tavern PlcSpecify category and nature of associate status (Note 10) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 8.1 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Supplemental Form 8: Details of open positions (in accordance with Note 9) Writing, selling, purchasing, Number of securities to which the option Exercise Expiryvarying etc. relates (Note 7) price (GBP) dateSELLING 480,238 0.0000 20/06/2008SELLING 2,119 0.0000 20/06/2008SELLING 517,142 0.0000 20/06/2008SELLING 776,036 0.0000 20/06/2008PURCHASING 100,000 440.0000 20/03/2008 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Mitchells & Butlers