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BOUSSARD & GAVAUDAN HOLDING LIMITED

    OCTOBER 2008 TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES ACTIVITY REPORT[1]




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|                           | Share Buy Back |      Liquidity       |
|                           |   Programme    |     Enhancement      |
|                           |                |      Agreement       |
|---------------------------+----------------+----------------------|
| Aggregate number of       |       45       |          18          |
| transactions              |                |                      |
| conducted in October 2008 |                |                      |
|---------------------------+----------------+----------------------|
| Average size of the       |    119,103     |        23,944        |
| transactions              |                |                      |
|---------------------------+---------------------------------------|
| Number of outstanding     |                                       |
| shares                    |              75,545,558               |
| following such Purchases  |                                       |
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For further information please contact:

Emmanuel Gavaudan
Boussard & Gavaudan Asset Management, LP
[phone]

This announcement is for information purposes only and is not an
offer to invest.  The Company is registered with the Dutch Authority
for the Financial Markets as a collective investment scheme which may
offer participations in The Netherlands pursuant to article 2:66 of
the Financial Markets Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel
toezicht).  All investments are subject to risk.  Past performance is
no guarantee of future returns.  Prospective investors are advised to
seek expert legal, financial, tax and other professional advice
before making any investment decision.  The value of investments may
fluctuate.  Results achieved in the past are no guarantee of future
results.
[1] This report includes the transactions conducted by both BGHL, for
the share buy back programme and Exane, for the Liquidity Enhancement
Agreement.




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