BearStearns IntTrad - Rule 8.3- Scottish/Newcastle

RNS Number:1911R
Bear Stearns Intl. Trading Ltd
31 March 2008

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) Bear Stearns International Trading Limited
Company dealt in
Scottish & Newcastle Plc
Class of relevant security to which the 20p Ordinary
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 28/03/2008

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 55,195,851 5.820% 509 0.000%
(2) Derivatives (other than options) 50,133,345 5.286%
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 55,195,851 5.820% 50,133,854 5.286%

(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 Currency Price (Note 5)
B 330,000 GBP 786.00
S 2,339,575 GBP 786.00
S 670,000 GBP 786.87

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, e.g. CFD Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Currency Price per unit (Note 5)
CFD Long 2,009,575 GBP 786.00

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,e.g. selling, securities to price American, date money paid/
call purchasing, which the European received
option varying etc. option etc. per unit
relates (Note (Note 5)
7)

(ii) Exercising

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

(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.

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

Date of disclosure 31/03/2008

Contact name Andrew Manchester

Telephone number 020 7516 5805

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with N/A
which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection N/A
(Note 10)

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