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RAB Capital plc25 March 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) RAB Capital plc Company dealt in Premier Research Group Plc Class of relevant security to which Ordinary Sharesthe dealings being disclosed relate(Note 2) Date of dealing 20 March 2008 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 2,000,000 (3.33%)(2) Derivatives (other thanoptions)(3) Options and agreementsto purchase/sellTotal 2,000,000 (3.33%) (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 thanoptions)(3) Options and agreements topurchase/sellTotal (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant Detailssecurity: 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit (Note 5) securities (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short Number of securities Price per unit e.g. CFD (Note 6) (Note 7) (Note 5) CFD Long 2,000,000 0.954 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry date Optionname,e.g. selling, securities price American, money paid/call option purchasing, to which European received varying the option etc. per unit etc. relates (Note 5) (Note 7) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unitoption (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)(Note 8) 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. None.................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 25 March 2008 Contact name Ravin Davies Telephone number 0207 389 7932 If a connected EFM, name of offeree N/A/offeror with which connected If a connected EFM, state nature of N/Aconnection (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:
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