EID Eidos

RNS Number:2211K
SCI Entertainment Group PLC
24 March 2005


This Announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in whole or in
part in or into the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or the Republic of
Ireland.

                      SCi Entertainment Group Plc ("SCi")
                  Offer (the "Offer") for Eidos PLC ("Eidos")

On 22 March 2005, SCi received from Schroder Investment Management Limited an
irrevocable undertaking to accept the Offer on behalf of Eidos shareholders
holding 21,286,170 Eidos shares, representing approximately 14.99 per cent. of
the issued share capital of Eidos, and a letter of intent to accept the Offer on
behalf of Eidos shareholders holding a further 6,796,282 Eidos shares,
representing approximately 4.79 per cent. of the issued share capital of Eidos.

SCi now announces that it has today received an irrevocable undertaking from
Schroder Investment Management Limited to accept the Offer in respect of the
6,796,282 Eidos shares to which the letter of intent related.

Accordingly, in aggregate SCi has now received irrevocable undertakings to
accept the Offer in respect of 28,082,452 Eidos shares, representing
approximately 19.78 per cent. of the issued share capital of Eidos, and which
will continue to be binding even if a higher offer is made for Eidos.

The Directors of SCi accept responsibility for the information contained in this
announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Directors of SCi
(who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the
information contained in this announcement is in accordance with the facts and
does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.


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