Rule 8.3- Inventive Leisure

Close Brothers Group PLC
21 December 2005


                                                                        FORM 8.3


   DEALINGS BY PERSONS WHO OWN OR CONTROL 1% OR MORE OF ANY CLASS OF RELEVANT
                                    SECURITY
              (Rule 8.3 of The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)

Name of purchaser/vendor *                        Close Brothers Group plc's 
                                                  subsidiary Close Investment Ltd

Company dealt in                                  Inventive Leisure Plc

Relevant security dealt in                        Ordinary
  
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror 
with which connected


If a connected EFM, nature of connection #

Date of dealing                                   20th December 2005

DEALINGS +

Amount bought         Price per unit (currency must be stated)

Amount sold           Price per unit (currency must be stated)
376,426               178p

Resultant total amount and percentage of the        
same relevant security owned or controlled        859 Total = 0.0036%


IS A SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (DERIVATIVE)/FORM 8 (OPTION) ATTACHED? NO

Date of disclosure                                21st December 2005

Contact name                                      W. J. Jenkins

Telephone number                                  020 7426 4013

* Specify the owner or controller in addition to the person dealing. The naming
of nominees or vehicle companies is insufficient. In the case of disclosure of
dealings by fund managers on behalf of discretionary clients, the clients need
not be named.
# See the definition of "connected fund managers and principal traders" in the
Definitions Section of the Code.
+ If disclosing dealings/holdings in derivatives or options, please attach
Supplemental Form 8 (Derivative) or Supplemental Form 8 (Option), as
appropriate.

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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