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Maclay Murray & Spens3 March 2005 FORM SAR 3 Date of disclosure...3/3/05....... DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs") Date of acquisition.....28 FEBRUARY 2005............................ Acquisition in..........PITTARDS PLC....................(name of company) (1) Class of voting shares Number of shares/rights If rights over shares (eg ordinary shares) over shares acquired acquired, as opposed to the shares themselves, specify nature of rights ..ORDINARY.. 2,784,897 shares of An option to acquire a which 928,299 shares further 3,090,103 by JWW Pittard and ordinary shares for an 1,856,598 shares by aggregate price of £1 JCD Pittard exercise in part each time or in whole over a 3,090,103 rights of period ending on 27 which rights over February 2025 1,030,034 shares to JWW Pittard and rights over 2,060,069 shares to JCD Pittard (2) Resultant total holding Resultant total holding Total percentage of voting shares (and % of rights over shares of total voting shares (and % of total voting in issue) shares in issue) 5,088,698 (23.0%) rights over 3,090,103... ..37.0....( %) (14.0) ( %) (3) Party making disclosure......MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS................ (4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares JWW PITTARD & JCD PITTARD and, if different, beneficial owner.....N/A................... (b) Names of any other persons acting by CERTAIN OTHER PITTARD FAMILY agreement or understanding (see SAR 5) MEMBERS AND DW PITTARD SETTLEMENT DATED 4 MARCH 1971 Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above................... (Also print name of signatory)....GORDON BROUGH.................. Telephone and extension number....020 7248 9529............................ Note 1. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting byagreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of oracquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregateholdings to disclose certain disposals. Note 2: The resultant total percentage holding of voting shares and rights overshares is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and in issueoutside treasury. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of theSARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, MonitoringSection, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. E-mail: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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