Rule 8.3 - HIT ENTERTAINMENT
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 18 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 15 April 2005
Dealing in HIT ENTERTAINMENT
(1) Class of securities (eg ordinary shares) ORD GBP 0.02
(2) Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit
0 16,185 3.0900
Barclays PLC is party to certain CFD transactions (see below). The resultant holdings total
includes hedges against CFDs . (long 47,270 shares).
(3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled
(and percentage of class) 3,592,153 (2.28%)
(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 Date of Disclosure: 06 April 2005
HIT ENTERTAINMENT
HIT CFD Trade Date Buy/Sell Quantity Open Price
Entertainment Long/Short
Short 07/07/2003 S 47,893 2.6100
Short 11/12/2003 S 138,900 2.7173
Short 08/01/2004 S 40,717 3.0784
Short 12/02/2004 S 47,202 3.3066
Short 13/02/2004 S 134,408 3.3180
Short 16/02/2004 S 112,307 3.3564
Short 17/02/2004 S 36,873 3.3990
Short 20/02/2004 S 68,241 3.2998
Short 25/02/2004 S 49,224 3.2150
Short 26/02/2004 S 16,582 3.1819
Short 27/02/2004 S 53,353 3.1157
Short 02/03/2004 S 37,953 3.2127
Short 19/03/2004 S 46,535 2.9037
Short 22/03/2004 S 20,741 2.8007
Short 31/03/2004 S 4,628 3.0784
Short 20/04/2004 S 43,084 3.1194
Short 23/04/2004 S 42,770 3.1234
Short 11/05/2004 S 61,858 3.0123
Short 21/06/2004 S 274,079 2.1778
Short 24/06/2004 S 94,994 2.3252
Short 21/09/2004 S 900 2.3125
Short 24/09/2004 S 1,494 2.3550
Short 30/09/2004 S 2,100 2.3375
Short 01/10/2004 S 4,163 2.3114
Short 01/10/2004 S 1,650 2.3500
Long 04/10/2004 B 1,170 2.3900
Short 04/10/2004 S 1,055 2.3525
Long 05/10/2004 B 3,866 2.3785
Long 11/10/2004 B 800 2.2850
Long 14/10/2004 B 2,500 2.2300
Long 18/10/2004 B 633 2.2475
Long 18/10/2004 B 1,650 2.2475
Long 20/10/2004 B 2,970 2.0014
Long 20/10/2004 B 2,103 2.0100
Short 20/10/2004 S 3,438 1.9468
Short 20/10/2004 S 2,103 1.9455
Short 21/10/2004 S 15,110 2.0402
Long 22/10/2004 B 3,974 2.0972
Short 22/10/2004 S 1,236 2.0800
Long 25/10/2004 B 8,400 2.0900
Long 26/10/2004 B 4,942 2.0900
Long 27/10/2004 B 1,784 2.1575
Short 27/10/2004 S 5,050 2.1600
Long 28/10/2004 B 15,845 2.1816
Short 28/10/2004 S 11,107 2.1925
Long 29/10/2004 B 4,501 2.2279
Short 02/11/2004 S 2,400 2.2542
Short 03/11/2004 S 6,299 2.2300
Short 04/11/2004 S 3,600 2.2250
Long 08/11/2004 B 2,200 2.2475
Short 11/11/2004 S 6,533 2.3307
Long 12/11/2004 B 4,122 2.3990
Short 12/11/2004 S 1,818 2.3725
Long 15/11/2004 B 2,500 2.4450
Short 15/11/2004 S 6,930 2.4575
Long 16/11/2004 B 11,465 2.4414
Long 16/11/2004 B 1,400 2.4425
Short 17/11/2004 S 1,968 2.3975
Long 18/11/2004 B 900 2.4400
Long 19/11/2004 B 12,648 2.5215
Short 19/11/2004 S 2,225 2.5025
Long 22/11/2004 B 9,615 2.5375
Short 22/11/2004 S 900 2.5325
Short 23/11/2004 S 1,200 2.5700
Long 24/11/2004 B 5,298 2.5900
Long 25/11/2004 B 10,600 2.6287
Long 26/11/2004 B 2,017 2.6075
Long 29/11/2004 B 1,846 2.5900
Short 29/11/2004 S 2,800 2.5950
Short 30/11/2004 S 3,800 2.6025
Short 01/12/2004 S 13,909 2.5468
Short 01/12/2004 S 16,740 2.5491
Short 02/12/2004 S 19,488 2.5642
Short 02/12/2004 S 3,597 2.5675
Short 03/12/2004 S 9,700 2.5936
Short 03/12/2004 S 14,621 2.5921
Short 06/12/2004 S 15,500 2.5810
Short 06/12/2004 S 2,300 2.5775
Short 07/12/2004 S 20,462 2.6124
Short 07/12/2004 S 500 2.5825
Long 08/12/2004 B 2,300 2.5903
Short 08/12/2004 S 1,669 2.5625
Long 09/12/2004 B 7,900 2.6104
Short 09/12/2004 S 2,234 2.5948
Short 10/12/2004 S 6,572 2.6078
Short 13/12/2004 S 20,400 2.6282
Long 14/12/2004 B 2,500 2.6675
Long 15/12/2004 B 1,785 2.6618
Short 15/12/2004 S 9,120 2.6389
Short 15/12/2004 S 1,200 2.6200
Short 16/12/2004 S 11,947 2.6422
Long 17/12/2004 B 500 2.6850
Short 17/12/2004 S 3,600 2.6525
Short 17/12/2004 S 6,199 2.6500
Short 20/12/2004 S 8,557 2.6637
Short 20/12/2004 S 9,411 2.6634
Short 21/12/2004 S 3,011 2.6700
Long 22/12/2004 B 2,035 2.6700
Long 05/01/2005 B 4,962 2.7506
Long 10/01/2005 B 4,233 2.6381
Long 11/01/2005 B 10,200 2.6276
Long 14/01/2005 B 8,142 2.5071
Short 17/01/2005 S 253 2.4725
Long 18/01/2005 B 3,817 2.4929
Long 19/01/2005 B 5,595 2.4947
Long 20/01/2005 B 2,200 2.4825
Long 25/01/2005 B 1,204 2.4975
Long 27/01/2005 B 1,312 2.4900
Long 28/01/2005 B 5,522 2.4438
Short 28/01/2005 S 3,147 2.5744
Short 31/01/2005 S 8,676 2.6213
Short 01/02/2005 S 3,605 2.6030
Short 01/02/2005 S 1,794 2.6034
Long 02/02/2005 B 4,600 2.6181
Short 04/02/2005 S 500 2.6025
Short 04/02/2005 S 2,000 2.6025
Long 08/02/2005 B 2,365 2.5900
Long 10/02/2005 B 2,442 2.5675
Long 16/02/2005 B 7,898 2.5336
Long 17/02/2005 B 450 2.5550
Long 22/02/2005 B 8,385 2.4156
Long 23/02/2005 B 5,217 2.4067
Short 23/02/2005 S 2,757 2.4025
Short 25/02/2005 S 5,900 2.4757
Short 25/02/2005 S 1,500 2.4500
Long 28/02/2005 B 5,196 2.5147
Long 01/03/2005 B 3,132 2.5075
Long 02/03/2005 B 3,500 2.4600
Long 07/03/2005 B 1,000 2.4900
Long 10/03/2005 B 6,000 2.5508
Long 14/03/2005 B 5,990 2.5260
Long 16/03/2005 B 4,441 2.4850
Long 16/03/2005 B 189,321 2.4863
Long 17/03/2005 B 2,000 2.4850
Long 18/03/2005 B 12,400 2.8354
Short 18/03/2005 S 2,900 2.6125
Long 21/03/2005 B 5,616 3.0030
Short 21/03/2005 S 5,616 3.0030
Short 21/03/2005 S 25,359 2.9994
Long 23/03/2005 B 11,072 3.0290
Short 23/03/2005 S 87,242 3.0304
Long 23/03/2005 B 785,180 3.0275
Long 24/03/2005 B 296,989 3.0325
Long 24/03/2005 B 49,285 3.0325
Long 24/03/2005 B 443,571 3.0325
Short 24/03/2005 S 49,285 3.0324
Short 29/03/2005 S 12,480 3.0015
Long 29/03/2005 B 112,319 3.0000
Long 29/03/2005 B 75,201 3.0000
Long 29/03/2005 B 12,480 3.0015
Long 30/03/2005 B 20,129 2.9950
Long 30/03/2005 B 58,834 2.9952
Short 31/03/2005 S 34,698 3.0117