Rule 8.3 - GALLAHER GROUP

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 BARCLAYS PLC (Note 1) Company dealt in GALLAHER GROUP Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.10 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 09 January 2007 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 38,127,907 5.80% 351,729 0.05% securities (2) Derivatives 102,431 0.02% 667,240 0.10% (other than options) (3) Options and 1,000 0.00% 0 0.00% agreements to purchase/sell Total 38,231,338 5.82% 1,018,969 0.16% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of Long Short relevant 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 100,000 11.3921 Purchase 27,512 Transfer Purchase 227 11.3950 Purchase 20 11.3950 Purchase 18,663 11.4000 Purchase 1,996 Transfer Purchase 34,147 11.4000 Purchase 15,000 11.3950 Purchase 7,941 11.3978 Purchase 3,595 11.3773 Sale 1,200 11.3959 Sale 14,017 11.3779 Sale 2,860 11.3893 Sale 41,78 11.3809 Sale 56,244 11.3927 Sale 1,668 11.3927 Sale 2,397 11.3927 Sale 27,512 Transfer Sale 9,477 Transfer NB: The below transactions which were disclosed on 09/01/2007 have been cancelled Purchase/Sale Number of Securities Price per unit (GBP) Sale 26,665 11.3550 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP) CFD Short 3595 11.3772 CFD Short 52810 11.4000 CFD Long 41784 11.3808 CFD Long 2860 11.3893 CFD Long 60309 11.3927 (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 (GBP) varying etc. relates (GBP) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per call option securities unit (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (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 10 January 2007 Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE 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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