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BNP Paribas London11 March 2008 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) BNP Paribas Company dealt in Mitchells & Butlers plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 10 March 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 13,849,517 3.4359% (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 13,849,517 3.4359% (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 Buy 2856 4.00Buy 3318 4.01Buy 3972 4.01Buy 3558 4.04Buy 3408 4.05Buy 3035 4.06Buy 3330 4.07Buy 2814 4.08Buy 2919 4.08Buy 3927 4.10Buy 1417 4.12Buy 1227 4.12Buy 4923 4.13Buy 1402 4.13Buy 8521 4.13Buy 3 4.13Buy 6884 4.14Buy 5 4.14Buy 6135 4.14Buy 306 4.14Buy 6560 4.15Buy 306 4.15Buy 611 4.16Buy 3016 4.17Buy 754 4.26Total 75207 Sell -4803 4.05Sell -32600 4.05Sell -3391 4.05Sell -6 4.05Sell -15206 4.06Sell -13862 4.06Sell -611 4.13Sell -1499 4.13Sell -2119 4.13Sell -4168 4.14Sell -90 4.16Sell -4231 4.17Sell -4318 4.17Sell -8446 4.18Sell -2059 4.27Sell -3 4.27Total -97412 (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 (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. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO Date of disclosure 11 March 2008 Contact name Darren Clarke Telephone number 020 7595 4821 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected If 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:
Mitchells & Butlers