Rule 8.1- (Optare plc)

RNS Number : 1491G

John Fickling

26 January 2010

FORM 8.1

DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREE COMPANIES OR THEIR ASSOCIATES

FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS

(Rules 8.1(a) and (b)(i) of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)

1...KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)	John Fickling
Company dealt in	Optare plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)	Ordinary Shares of 1p each
Date of dealing	22 January 2010

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 securities	2,542,355	0.94*
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total

* Further to the 8.1 announcement made on 22 Jan 10 and the Company's subsequent revision of the number of shares in issue John Fickling's % holding has been amended from 0.95% to 0.94%.

(b)	Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:	Long		Short
	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 (Note 5)
Purchase	291,667	6.0 pence

(b)..Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name,

e.g. CFD

Long/short (Note 6)

Number of securities (Note 7)

Price per unit (Note 5)

(c)..Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)..Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product

name,e.g.

call option

Writing,

selling,

purchasing,

varying etc.

Number of

securities to

which the

option relates

(Note 7)

Exercise

price

Type, e.g.

American,

European

etc.

Expiry

date

Option money

paid/received

per unit (Note 5)

(ii)..Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

(d)..Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)	Details	Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)

4...OTHER INFORMATION

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	26 January 2010
Contact name	Mike Dunn
Telephone number	0845 838 9901
Name of offeree/offeror with which associated	Optare plc
Specify category and nature of associate status (Note 10)	Director