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Centaurus Capital - Rule 8.3-Mitchells & Butlers

Mon Mar 3, 2008 10:22am EST
RNS Number:2360P
Centaurus Capital Limited
03 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)                              Centaurus Capital
                                                             Limited

Company dealt in                                             Mitchells and
                                                             Butlers Plc

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

Date of dealing                                              29.02.2008




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)


NSI: 403,080,304

                                                    Long             Short
                                               Number   (%)          Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than options)                           5,466,824   1.356%

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

Total                                          5,466,824   1.356%


(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)




(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product      Long/short (Note   Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Note
name,        6)                 7)                         5)
e.g. CFD
CFD          Long                                750,000                447.68




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




(ii) Exercising

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




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


Date of disclosure                                                 03.03.08

Contact name                                                       Paul Leary

Telephone number                                                   020 78523830

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




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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