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Bear Stearns Intl. Trading Ltd05 May 2006 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) Bear Stearns International Trading LimitedCompany dealt in Mitchells & ButlerClass of relevant security to which the Ordinarydealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)Date of dealing 04/05/06 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 5,842,771 1.191% 5,243,207 1.068% (2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal 5,842,771 1.191% 5,243,207 1.068% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/Sale Number of Currency Price per unit (Note Securities 5)B 15,561 GBP 494.5B 12,507 GBP 494.75B 15,720 GBP 495B 50,948 GBP 495.75B 24,417 GBP 496B 19,876 GBP 496.75B 11,149 GBP 497B 13,477 GBP 497.25B 12,119 GBP 497.5B 29,523 GBP 498B 18,227 GBP 498.25B 17,000 GBP 498.501S 10,000 GBP 495S 246,028 GBP 495.3792S 52,158 GBP 495.627S 1,274,399 GBP 495.79S 5,000 GBP 505S 213,524 GBP 496.49 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note Number of securities Currency Price per unite.g. CFD 6) (Note 7) (Note 5)CFD Short 17,000.00 GBP 498.501CFD Long 52,158.00 GBP 495.627CFD Long 246,028.00 GBP 495.379CFD Long 1,274,399.00 GBP 495.79 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Optionname,e.g. selling, securities to price American, date money paid/call purchasing, which the European receivedoption varying etc. option etc. per unit relates (Note (Note 5) 7) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5)call option (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 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. .............................................................................. ........................................................................ Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 05/05/2006 Contact name Emma Braham Telephone number 020 7516 6602 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with N/Awhich connectedIf a connected EFM, state nature of connection N/A(Note 10) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Mitchells & Butlers