Rule 8.3 - EIDOS

FORM 8.3 Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack, if appropriate, and the Takeover Panel. Use separate form for each class of securities in which dealings have been made. Date of Disclosure 26 April 2005 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b) (i) and 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS Date of Dealing 25 April 2005 Dealing in EIDOS (1) Class of securities (eg ordinary shares) ORD GBP 0.02 (2) Amount Bought Amount Sold Price per Unit 2,733 0 0.6912 Barclays PLC is party to certain CFD transactions (see below). The resultant holding includes shares hedged against CFDs (long 330,799 shares). (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled (and percentage of class) 4,521,078 (3.13%) (4) Party making disclosure Barclays PLC (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser / vendor (Note 1) (b) if dealing for discretionary clients, name of fund management organisation Barclays PLC (6) Reason for disclosure (Note 2) (a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3) NO (ii) offeree NO Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf) (b) Rule 8.3 (I.e disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of the class of relevant securities dealt in) YES Signed for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above Geoff Smith Telephone and extension number 0207 116 2913 Form 8 Enclosure A purchaser of a CFD will realise a gain if the price of the underlying security goes up. A seller of a CFD will realise a gain if the price of the underlying security goes down. The CFD contracts are open ended and there is no rollover into new contracts. Contracts for Differences Eidos CFD Long / Short Trade Date Buy/Sell Quantity Open Price Long 02/06/2004 B 176,533 1.1816 Long 07/06/2004 B 41,322 1.1888 Long 09/06/2004 B 74,538 1.1700 Short 11/06/2004 S 266,122 1.1611 Short 16/06/2004 S 25,969 1.1350 Long 22/06/2004 B 119,194 1.0489 Long 23/06/2004 B 32,360 1.0526 Long 24/06/2004 B 407,679 1.0389 Long 05/07/2004 B 50,000 1.0100 Long 06/07/2004 B 98,755 0.9950 Long 13/07/2004 B 59,957 0.9200 Long 27/07/2004 B 163,761 0.9125 Long 29/07/2004 B 32,255 0.9200 Long 30/07/2004 B 3,504 0.9775 Short 30/07/2004 S 403 0.9654 Short 02/08/2004 S 14,923 1.0931 Long 03/08/2004 B 10,600 1.0669 Short 03/08/2004 S 13,533 1.0868 Long 04/08/2004 B 10,342 1.0384 Short 04/08/2004 S 78,371 1.0443 Short 05/08/2004 S 1,905 1.0830 Long 06/08/2004 B 10,155 1.0703 Short 06/08/2004 S 203 1.0605 Long 09/08/2004 B 914 1.1494 Short 09/08/2004 S 10,154 1.1505 Short 10/08/2004 S 964,263 1.1511 Short 10/08/2004 S 609 1.1505 Short 11/08/2004 S 1,930 1.1222 Short 12/08/2004 S 203 1.1330 Long 13/08/2004 B 610 1.1444 Short 18/08/2004 S 813 1.1537 Long 20/08/2004 B 20,736 1.1314 Long 23/08/2004 B 7,580 1.0622 Long 24/08/2004 B 7,088 1.0594 Short 24/08/2004 S 405 1.0630 Short 25/08/2004 S 2,025 1.0562 Short 26/08/2004 S 6,185 1.0459 Short 27/08/2004 S 8,517 1.0105 Short 31/08/2004 S 2,028 1.0222 Long 01/09/2004 B 1,825 1.0294 Short 01/09/2004 S 960 1.0380 Long 02/09/2004 B 1,900 1.0244 Long 03/09/2004 B 2,506 1.0265 Long 06/09/2004 B 3,300 1.0417 Long 07/09/2004 B 1,521 1.0698 Long 08/09/2004 B 17,811 1.0694 Long 09/09/2004 B 12,970 1.0496 Short 09/09/2004 S 808 1.0680 Long 10/09/2004 B 12,550 1.0732 Long 13/09/2004 B 1,480 1.0744 Short 13/09/2004 S 5,047 1.0705 Long 14/09/2004 B 404 1.0644 Long 15/09/2004 B 5,289 1.0747 Short 16/09/2004 S 4,124 1.0376 Short 16/09/2004 S 2,725 1.0360 Long 17/09/2004 B 2,120 1.0575 Short 17/09/2004 S 14,142 1.0566 Long 20/09/2004 B 24,270 1.0556 Long 20/09/2004 B 3,334 1.0700 Short 20/09/2004 S 6,943 1.0512 Long 21/09/2004 B 1,000 1.0569 Long 22/09/2004 B 5,802 1.0598 Long 23/09/2004 B 14,102 1.0454 Short 23/09/2004 S 1,400 1.0325 Long 24/09/2004 B 701 1.0344 Long 27/09/2004 B 201 1.0195 Long 28/09/2004 B 400 1.0182 Short 28/09/2004 S 5,842 1.0342 Short 28/09/2004 S 9,950 1.0180 Short 29/09/2004 S 26,048 0.9996 Long 30/09/2004 B 1,118 1.0144 Long 01/10/2004 B 1,700 0.9970 Short 01/10/2004 S 2,007 1.0000 Short 01/10/2004 S 9,748 1.0105 Short 04/10/2004 B 302 1.0095 Short 04/10/2004 S 2,488 1.0050 Short 04/10/2004 S 520 1.0000 Short 05/10/2004 S 1,000 0.9829 Short 06/10/2004 S 2,033 0.9775 Long 07/10/2004 B 201 0.9795 Short 07/10/2004 S 302 0.9704 Long 08/10/2004 B 1,000 0.9570 Short 11/10/2004 S 4,693 0.9161 Long 12/10/2004 B 692 0.8995 Short 12/10/2004 S 8,554 0.9102 Long 13/10/2004 B 1,427 0.9100 Short 13/10/2004 S 200 0.9204 Short 14/10/2004 S 1,400 0.9325 Short 14/10/2004 S 2,322 0.9300 Long 18/10/2004 B 10,862 0.9172 Long 18/10/2004 B 1,980 0.9300 Long 19/10/2004 B 1,800 0.8900 Long 19/10/2004 B 1 0.8900 Short 19/10/2004 S 31,847 0.8909 Short 20/10/2004 S 32,095 0.8192 Short 20/10/2004 S 8,092 0.8073 Short 21/10/2004 S 7,169 0.8324 Short 21/10/2004 S 8,272 0.8340 Short 22/10/2004 S 8,220 0.8569 Short 22/10/2004 S 3,131 0.8425 Short 27/10/2004 S 4,367 0.8428 Short 28/10/2004 S 12,917 0.8556 Long 29/10/2004 B 2,934 0.8631 Short 01/11/2004 S 2,540 0.9050 Short 02/11/2004 S 1,358 0.9306 Short 02/11/2004 S 5,243 0.9425 Long 03/11/2004 B 27,052 0.9512 Long 04/11/2004 B 5,400 0.9475 Long 04/11/2004 B 2,186 0.9570 Long 05/11/2004 B 400 0.9495 Long 09/11/2004 B 3,500 0.9545 Short 12/11/2004 S 303 0.9379 Short 15/11/2004 S 3,640 0.9296 Long 17/11/2004 B 8,807 0.9095 Short 18/11/2004 S 6,434 0.8534 Short 19/11/2004 S 3,900 0.8729 Long 22/11/2004 B 506 0.8695 Long 26/11/2004 B 1,673 0.8120 Short 26/11/2004 S 222 0.8158 Long 29/11/2004 B 1 0.8100 Short 29/11/2004 S 25,816 0.8136 Long 30/11/2004 B 7,200 0.8020 Short 01/12/2004 S 398 0.7903 Short 02/12/2004 S 811 0.7928 Short 02/12/2004 S 5,055 0.7950 Long 06/12/2004 B 2,031 0.7970 Short 06/12/2004 S 14,330 0.7929 Long 07/12/2004 B 14,723 0.7917 Short 08/12/2004 S 377 0.7779 Short 09/12/2004 S 1,318 0.7503 Short 09/12/2004 S 3,351 0.7600 Short 10/12/2004 S 5,400 0.7535 Short 13/12/2004 S 19,142 0.7544 Long 14/12/2004 B 10,155 0.7446 Short 14/12/2004 S 1,523 0.7503 Long 15/12/2004 B 9,836 0.7346 Short 15/12/2004 S 8,100 0.7452 Long 16/12/2004 B 3,605 0.7371 Long 16/12/2004 B 2,612 0.7275 Short 16/12/2004 S 11,663 0.7185 Short 17/12/2004 S 69,421 0.7287 Long 20/12/2004 B 2,290 0.7221 Long 20/12/2004 B 3,663 0.7300 Short 20/12/2004 S 187,728 0.7368 Short 21/12/2004 S 44,817 0.7324 Long 22/12/2004 B 18,000 0.7165 Short 22/12/2004 S 100,435 0.7229` Long 23/12/2004 B 7,500 0.7200 Short 23/12/2004 S 112,643 0.7221 Long 24/12/2004 B 36,250 0.7167 Long 29/12/2004 B 200,000 0.7092 Long 29/12/2004 B 25,100 0.7223 Short 29/12/2004 S 51,943 0.7325 Long 30/12/2004 B 20,709 0.8099 Long 30/12/2004 B 48,833 0.8023 Long 31/12/2004 B 900 0.8071 Long 04/01/2005 B 100,000 0.7781 Short 04/01/2005 S 30,000 0.8045 Long 05/01/2005 B 100,000 0.7880 Long 06/01/2005 B 3,600 0.8014 Short 06/01/2005 S 742 0.8029 Long 07/01/2005 B 11,059 0.8500 Short 07/01/2005 S 6,400 0.8029 Short 10/01/2005 S 2,751 0.7153 Long 11/01/2005 B 6,718 0.7402 Short 14/01/2005 S 930 0.6878 Long 19/01/2005 B 310 0.6871 Long 19/01/2005 S 3,600 0.6903 Short 20/01/2005 S 930 0.6928 Short 21/01/2005 S 155 0.7178 Short 25/01/2005 S 8,495 0.7128 Short 31/01/2005 S 1,690 0.7178 Short 01/02/2005 S 10,036 0.7153 Short 02/02/2005 S 18,654 0.7228 Long 03/02/2005 L 100,000 0.7018 Short 07/02/2005 S 5,631 0.7154 Long 09/02/2005 B 104 0.7296 Long 14/02/2005 B 20,771 0.6847 Long 16/02/2005 B 104 0.6622 Short 16/02/2005 S 581 0.6628 Long 18/02/2005 B 400 0.6496 Long 22/02/2005 B 2,632 0.5747 Short 22/02/2005 S 11,502 0.5687 Short 23/02/2005 S 48,699 0.5830 Short 24/02/2005 S 9,270 0.5990 Short 25/02/2005 S 4,900 0.5952 Short 01/03/2005 S 3,550 0.5853 Short 02/03/2005 S 3,471 0.5853 Long 03/03/2005 B 100,000 0.5811 Short 03/03/2005 S 305 0.5902 Long 04/03/2005 B 18,128 0.6046 Short 07/03/2005 S 32,634 0.5905 Short 08/03/2005 S 11,452 0.5902 Short 09/03/2005 S 114,947 0.4482 Long 10/03/2005 B 52,465 0.3998 Long 10/03/2005 B 125,000 0.3960 Short 10/03/2005 S 130,207 0.4348 Long 11/03/2005 B 61,850 0.3475 Short 11/03/2005 S 88,796 0.3240 Long 14/03/2005 B 24,074 0.3430 Long 15/03/2005 B 10,142 0.3521 Short 15/03/2005 S 100 0.3427 Short 16/03/2005 S 15,473 0.3452 Long 17/03/2005 B 8,803 0.3648 Long 21/03/2005 B 204,156 0.4327 Long 22/03/2005 B 138,112 0.5626 Long 29/03/2005 B 2,192 0.5947 Long 31/03/2005 B 11,536 0.6297 Short 31/03/2005 S 1 0.6300 Long 01/04/2005 B 35,651 0.6694 Long 04/04/2005 B 9,150 0.7180 Long 04/04/2005 B 100,000 0.6996 Short 04/04/2005 S 50,000 0.7203 Short 04/04/2005 S 100,000 0.7014 Long 05/04/2005 B 200 0.7621 Long 05/04/2005 B 50,000 0.7271 Long 11/04/2005 B 1,000 0.6771 Long 12/04/2005 B 4,952 0.7121 Long 13/04/2005 B 10,000 0.7247 Long 14/04/2005 B 2,335 0.7078 Long 15/04/2005 B 2,000 0.6972 Long 18/04/2005 B 7,327 0.6946 Long 19/04/2005 B 396 0.6896 Long 20/04/2005 B 3,900 0.6896 Long 21/04/2005 B 40,589 0.6896 Short 25/04/2005 S 2,733 0.6912

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