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Credit Agricole S.A.26 February 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) CREDIT AGRICOLE S.A. Company dealt in PUNCH TAVERNS Plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings ORDINARY SHARESbeing disclosed relate (Note 2) (ISIN: GB0031552861)Date of dealing 25/02/2008 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 980,348 0.3565 34,950 0.0127 (2) Derivatives (other than options) 18,626 0.0068 21,199 0.0077(3) Options and agreements to purchase/ sell Total 998,974 0.36 56,149 0.02 (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 3,253,000 1.183(2) Derivatives (other than options)(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sellTotal 3,253,000 1.183 (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) Purchase 3,618 6.415Purchase 7,234 6.42Purchase 1,206 6.43Purchase 11,600 6.59Purchase 124,962 6.59Purchase 86,972 6.5329 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note Number of securities Price per unite.g. CFD 6) (Note 7) (Note 5)CFD Short 3,134 6.497944CFD Short 3,572 6.497944 (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) 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 26/02/2008 Contact name Gabrielle Burne Telephone number 0207 214 6037 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with N/Awhich connected If a connected EFM, state nature of connection N/A(Note 10) Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/ This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Punch Taverns PLC