EPT Disclosure Melrose Plc

Form 38.5 (b) DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal Barclays Capital Securities Limited trader Company dealt in Melrose Plc Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.002 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 26 June 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 61,739 0.05% 248,575 0.19% (2) Derivatives (other than options) 248,389 0.19% 61,739 0.05% (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Total 310,128 0.23% 310,314 0.23% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2) 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 2) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of Price per securities unit (Note 4) Purchase 13,528 1.5792 Sale 16,807 1.5867 Sale 14,757 1.5792 Sale 108,070 1.5789 Total Sale: 139,634 Total Purchase: 13,528 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short Number of Price per name, (Note 5) securities unit e.g. CFD (Note 6) (Note 4) CFD Long 108070 1.5788 CFD Long 14757 1.5792 CFD Long 16807 1.5867 CFD Short 13528 1.5792 Total Long: 139,634 Total Short: 13,528 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (Note 4) varying etc. relates (Note 6) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call Number of securities Exercise price per unit option (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (if (Note 7) applicable) (Note 4) 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 relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. NONE Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 27 June 2008 Contact name Barclays Plc Telephone number 0207 116 2913 Name of offeree/offeror with which FKI Plc connected Nature of connection (Note 9) ADVISOR Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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