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Mr Paul Kemsley20 December 2005 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) MR PAUL KEMSLEY Company dealt in WORKSPACE GROUP PLC Class of relevant securityto which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) ORD 10P Date of dealing 19/12/05 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) 7,525,000 4.46 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 7,525,000 4.46 (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 Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) (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)SPREAD BET SALE 3,737,900SPREAD BET PURCHASE 3,737,900 307.26 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option moneyname, selling, securities price American, date paid/e.g. purchasing, to which European received call varying etc. the option etc. per unit option relates (Note 5) (Note 7) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. Number of securities Exercise price per unit call option (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities)(Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (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) YES Date of disclosure 20/12/05 Contact name MARK TUBBY Telephone number 020 7190 7167 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 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1) Product Written or Number of Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry datename,e.g. purchased securities (Note 2) American,call option to which European the option etc. or derivative relates SPREAD BET PURCHASED 1087100 " " 1300000 " " 1400000 " " 3737900 Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (exceptfor CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existingagreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and itsNotes which 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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