Rule 8.3- (Eidos plc)
January 21 2009 - 7:13AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMRBS TIDMEID
RNS Number : 0135M
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
21 January 2009
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
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| Name of person dealing (Note 1) | Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc |
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| Company dealt in | Eidos plc |
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| Class of relevant security to | ORD GBP 0.05 |
| which the dealings being disclosed | |
| relate (Note 2) | |
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| Date of dealing | 20 January 2009 |
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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)
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| | Long | Short |
+------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| | Number | (%) | Number | (%) |
+------------------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+------------------+
| (1) Relevant | 5,489,617 | 2.0827% | 0 | 0.0% |
| securities | | | | |
+------------------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+------------------+
| (2) Derivatives (other | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| than options) | | | | |
| | | | | |
+------------------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+------------------+
| (3) Options and | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| agreements to | | | | |
| purchase/sell | | | | |
| | | | | |
+------------------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+------------------+
| Total | 5,489,617 | 2.0827% | 0 | 0.0% |
+------------------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+------------------+
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
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| Class of relevant | Long | Short |
| security: | | |
| | | |
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| | Number | (%) | Number | (%) |
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+------------------+
| (1) Relevant | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| securities | | | | |
| | | | | |
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+------------------+
| (2) Derivatives (other | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| than options) | | | | |
| | | | | |
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+------------------+
| (3) Options and | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| agreements to | | | | |
| purchase/sell | | | | |
| | | | | |
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+------------------+
| Total | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| | | | | |
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+------------------+
(c)Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
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| Class of relevant security: | Details |
| | |
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| | |
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3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a)Purchases and sales
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| Purchase/sale | Number of securities | Price per unit (Note 5) |
| | | |
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
| Purchase | 8,764 | 12.5000 GBP |
| | | |
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
(b)Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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| Product name, | Long/short (Note | Number of securities (Note | Price per unit (Note 5) |
| e.g. CFD | 6) | 7) | |
+-----------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------+
| | | | |
+-----------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------+
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
+-------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+-----------+------------+---------------+
| Product | Writing, | Number of | Exercise | Type, | Expiry | Option |
| name, | selling, | securities to | price | e.g. | date | money |
| e.g. call | purchasing, | which the | | American, | | paid/received |
| option | varying | option | | European | | per unit |
| | etc. | relates (Note | | etc. | | (Note 5) |
| | | 7) | | | | |
+-------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+-----------+------------+---------------+
| | | | | | | |
+-------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+-----------+------------+---------------+
(ii)Exercising
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| Product name, e.g. call | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (Note |
| option | | 5) |
| | | |
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
| | | |
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
(d)Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
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| Nature of transaction (Note | Details | Price per unit (if |
| 8) | | applicable) (Note 5) |
| | | |
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4.OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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| 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. |
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| |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)YES/NO
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| Date of disclosure | 21 January 2009 |
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| Contact name | Richard Hopkins |
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| Telephone number | (020) 7714 4459 |
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| If a connected EFM, name of offeree/with which | |
| connected | |
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| If a connected EFM, state nature of connection | |
| (Note 10) | |
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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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