Name of person dealing  (Note 1)

Starlight Investments Ltd ( "Dawnay, Day", see section 4 below)

Company dealt in

F&C Asset Management PLC

Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)

Ordinary Shares

Date of dealing

4 July 2008

Long

Short

Number       (%)

Number    (%)

(1) Relevant securities 

  10,000,000         2.03%

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

119,896,687       24.35%

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

Total

129,896,687        26.38%

Class of relevant security:

Long

Short

Number       (%)

Number       (%)

(1) Relevant securities 

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

Total

Class of relevant security:

Details

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit (Note 5)

Product name, 

e.g. CFD

Long/short (Note 6)

Number of securities (Note 7)

Price per unit (Note 5)

CFD 

Long

310,166

143.88p

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) 

Product name, e.g. call option

Number of securities 

Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)

Details

Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)

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.  

The CFDs disclosed above are held by: Dawnay, Day Properties Limited, Insureprofit Limited, Insureprofit Properties Limited, Jetpath Limited, Starlight Investments Limited, Mariona Limited and Fitzgerald Securities Limited (all being companies controlled by Guy Naggar, Peter Klimt and their family interests ("Dawnay, Day")); and by Marlin Equities III LLP and Berggruen Holdings Limited which have co-investment arrangements with Dawnay, Day. All of the above are deemed to be a single person for the purposes of Rule 8 in accordance with Rule 8.3(b) of the Takeover Code.

10m shares are registered in the name of Safra National Bank of New York and are beneficially held by Berggruen Holdings Limited.

The shares and CFDs disclosed in section 2(a) above includes all interests in F&C Asset Management PLC held by the above.  

Date of disclosure

07 July 2008

Contact name

Vanechka Patel

Telephone number

020 7630 4159

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

n/a

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

n/a