GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC
Disclosure of interest in the shares of Ennstone Plc ("Ennstone") pursuant to Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code ("the Code")
Guinness Peat Group plc and its subsidiary companies ("the Group") announces that on 15 October 2008 it purchased 4,450,000 ordinary shares (0.91%) in Ennstone ("Shares") at a price of 6.5p per Share. When aggregated with the Group's existing holding, the Group's direct long interest in the relevant securities of Ennstone now amounts to 22,187,780 Shares representing 4.56% of the issued share capital of Ennstone.
No member of the Group is party to any agreement or arrangement relating to the exercise of any rights conferred by its holding of the interests the subject of this notification.
Richard Russell
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
Tel: (0) 207 484 3370
15 October 2008