Rule 8.3 - RESOLUTION PLC

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 RESOLUTION PLC Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.05 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 30 October 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 23,013,969 3.35% 194,942 0.03% securities (2) Derivatives 7,111,727 1.04% 9,678,841 1.41% (other than options) (3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00% agreements to purchase/sell Total 30,125,696 4.39% 9,873,783 1.44% 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 194,069 7.2821 Purchase 3,161 7.2933 Purchase 32 7.2761 Purchase 1,597 7.2900 Purchase 5,600 7.2784 Purchase 6,400 7.2810 Purchase 38,880 7.2821 Purchase 57,584 7.2812 Purchase 232,949 7.2820 Purchase 4,868 7.2900 Sale 6,886 7.2660 Sale 2,100 7.2863 Sale 167 7.2763 Sale 250 7.2763 Sale 1,085 7.2813 Sale 584 7.2863 Sale 264 7.2713 Sale 8,843 7.2802 Sale 38,880 7.2820 Sale 4,573 7.2819 Sale 904 7.2886 Sale 7,434 7.2830 Sale 194,069 7.2820 Sale 14,571 7.2750 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name Long/Short Number of Price per Securities unit CFD Short 5600 7.2783 CFD Short 6400 7.281 CFD Short 57584 7.2812 CFD Long 6886 7.2659 CFD Long 14571 7.275 CFD Long 8843 7.2801 CFD Long 4573 7.2818 CFD Long 7434 7.2829 CFD Long 5051 7.285 CFD Long 904 7.2886 (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) NO Date of disclosure 31 October 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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