Rule 8.3 - BPB

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) BARCLAYS PLC Company dealt in BPB PLC Class of relevant security to which the ORD GBP 0.50 dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 08 DECEMBER 2005 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 19,047,119 (3.79%) 0 (0.00%) (2) Derivatives (other 0 (0.00%) 916,731 (0.18%) than options) (3) Options and agreements 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) to purchase/sell Total 19,047,119 (3.79%) 916,731 (0.18%) (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant Long Short security: 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 (GBP) Purchase 260,000 7.7300 Purchase 2,795 7.7300 Purchase 19,778 7.7222 Purchase 14,195 7.7400 Sale 5,937 7.7300 Sale 260,000 7.7301 Sale 34 7.7300 Sale 102,980 7.7332 Sale 481 7.7300 Sale 29,600 7.7300 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, e.g. Long/Short (Note 6) Number of Securities (Note 7) Price Per Unit (GBP) CFD CFD Long 102,980 7.7332 CFD Short 14,195 7.7400 (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 varying etc. relates (Note 7) 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5) (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 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. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 09 DECEMBER 2005 Contact name BARCLAYS CORPORATE SECRETARIAT Telephone number 020 7116 2913 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 at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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