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Legal & General Investment Mgmnt Ld23 April 2008 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) Legal & General Investment Management Ltd.Company dealt in Melrose PlcClass of relevant security to which the dealings Ordinary 0.2pbeing disclosed relate (Note 2)Date of dealing 22/04/08 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 6,052,962 4.52(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 6,052,962 4.52 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: C Shares GBP 0.823 Long Short *Please note these are redemption shares Number (%) Number (%)(1) Relevant securities 6,226,373 68.77(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 6,226,373* 68.77* (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: 10,500,000 conditional placing shares, resulting in a potential holding of 16,552,962 shares, representing 3.32% of the potential enlarged share capital of 497,123,860 shares 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5)See 3(d) below (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note Number of securities Price per unite.g. CFD 6) (Note 7) (Note 5) (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 price American, date money paid/call purchasing, to which European receivedoption varying etc. the option etc. per unit relates (Note 5) (Note 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)Participation in placing See paragraph 2(c) above 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 23/04/2008 Contact name Helen Lewis Telephone number 020 3124 3851 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror withwhich connectedIf a connected EFM, state nature of connection(Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 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:
Melrose