Rule 8.3-Parkdean Holidays

Rathbone Brothers PLC
07 November 2005


                                    FORM 8.3
    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)                 Rathbone Brothers Plc (Entity
                                                reporting)
                                                Rathbone Unit Trust Management
                                                Limited (Entity dealing)

Company dealt in                                PARKDEAN HOLIDAYS PLC

Class of relevant security to which the         20p Ordinary shares
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)

Date of dealing                                 4th November 2005

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                       1,111,937            (2.22%)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
    Total                                      1,111,937            (2.22%)

(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   n/a

(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:                       Details
                                                  n/a


3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale     Number of securities          Price per unit (Note 5)

Sale              25,000                        249p

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product      Long/short (Note   Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Note
name,        6)                 7)                         5)
e.g. CFD
n/a


(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product  Writing,     Number of         Exercise   Type, e.g. Expiry   Option
name,    selling,     securities to     price      American,  date     money
e.g.     purchasing,  which the option             European            paid/
call     varying      relates (Note 7)             etc.                received
option   etc.                                                          per unit
                                                                       (Note 5)

n/a

(ii) Exercising

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

n/a

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

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

n/a


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.
None

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO

Date of disclosure                                            7th November 2005

Contact name                                                  J Moorley

Telephone number                                              020 7399 0171

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which        n/a
connected

If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)      n/a

Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk



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