Rule 8.3 - QUINTAIN ESTATES & DEVELOPMENT

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 QUINTAIN ESTATES & DEVELOPMENT Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.25 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 08 August 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 3,413,674 2.63% 747,807 0.58% securities (2) Derivatives 1,652,229 1.27% 1,678,663 1.29% (other than options) (3) Options and 23,706 0.02% 23,706 0.02% agreements to purchase/sell Total 5,089,609 3.92% 2,450,176 1.89% (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 6,870 9.5300 Purchase 14,502 9.5221 Purchase 39,787 9.4919 Purchase 2,932 9.4700 Purchase 300 9.5819 Purchase 20,765 9.4824 Sale 325 9.2632 Sale 17,116 9.4900 Sale 7,282 9.6108 Sale 20,829 9.4884 Sale 322 9.5834 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP) CFD Short 2932 9.47 CFD Short 20765 9.4824 CFD Short 39787 9.4918 CFD Short 14502 9.5221 CFD Short 6870 9.53 CFD Short 300 9.5819 CFD Long 325 9.2631 CFD Long 20829 9.4884 CFD Long 5405 9.545 CFD Long 7282 9.6108 (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 None 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) YES Date of disclosure 09 August 2007 Contact name Geoff Smith 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 DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS (This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate) Product name, Written or Number of Securities to Exercise Price Type, e.g. Expiry Date e.g. call option Purchased which the option or (Note 2) American, derivative relates European etc. Option Purchased -23,706 8.0988 EURO 25/09/2007 Option Purchased 23,706 8.0988 EURO 25/09/2007 Notes 1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFD's), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form. 2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated. For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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