Rule 8 - Simon Group - Amend

Guinness Peat Group PLC
13 April 2005


The 'Rule 8 - Simon Group Plc' announcement released on 06 April at 11:55 under
RNS No 6928K has been amended.

Amendments are identified with an asterisk (*).

The full amended text is shown below.



Simon Group plc

The following is the text of a correction made to a Disclosure sent on 6 April
to the Company Secretary of Simon Group plc.

"Disclosure of Interest in Shares Pursuant to Rules 8.3 of the City Code on
Takeovers and Mergers.

Guinness Peat Group plc and its subsidiary companies ("the Group") hereby notify
Simon Group plc ("Simon Group") that on *5* April 2005 the Group made a market
purchase of 150,000 Ordinary 25 pence shares of Simon Group ("Shares") at a
price of £0.44. As a result of this purchase the Group's interest in the Shares
now amounts to 3,577,228 Shares representing 2.25 % of the issued share capital.

The Group has an interest by virtue of being a Rule 8.3 shareholder of Simon
Group. No member of the Group is party to any agreement or arrangement relating
to the exercise of any rights conferred by holding the Shares subject to this
notification"


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