Brandes Investment - Rule 8.3-FKI Plc

RNS Number:6115S
Brandes Investment Partners L.P.
17 April 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) Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.
on behalf of its discretionary
clients
Company dealt in FKI Plc
Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)

Date of dealing April 16, 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 31,022,036 ordinary shares
(5.27%)

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

Total 31,022,036 ordinary shares
(5.27%)

(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 Price per unit (Note 5)

Sale 630 ordinary shares $US 1.47

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

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

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

(ii) Exercising

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

(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.

As far as lies within our knowledge, there are no agreements, arrangements or
understandings between Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. and any other person
relating to the voting rights referred to on this form.

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

Date of disclosure April 17, 2008

Contact name Matt Guschausky

Telephone number 858-523-3466

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

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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