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