Blooms Of Bressingham Holding

RNS Number:9057L
Singer & Friedlander Invest Man Ld
04 June 2003


                                                                                                           FORM 8.1/8.3
Lodge with Company Announcements Office and the Panel.

Use a separate form for each class of securities in which dealings have been made.

                                                              Date of Disclosure             4th June 2003

                                   DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) and 8.3
                                       OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS


Date of dealing:                                                    3rd June 2003

Dealing in:                                                         Blooms of Bressingham Holdings Plc

1)     Class of securities (eg ordinary shares)                     Ordinary Shares

2)     Amount bought                          Amount sold                     Price per unit
                                              6,000                           27p

3)     Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled                  2,034,590
        (and percentage of class)                                             8.26%

4)      Party making disclosure
        Singer & Friedlander Investment Management Limited

5)     EITHER (a)                   Name of purchaser /vendor (Note 1)
       OR (b)                       if dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund management organisation
       Singer & Friedlander Investment Management Limited

6)     Reason for disclosure (Note 2)
       (a)                          associate of                              (i) offeror (Note 3)               NO
                                                                              (ii) offeree company               YES

       Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf)                                           6

       If category (8), explain
       (b)                          Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of     YES
                                    the class of relevant securities dealt in)

       Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above
       (Also print name of signatory)                                                           Mark Broadey
       Telephone and extension number                                                           0207 523 5141

Note   1.   Specify owner, not nominee or vehicle company. If relevant, also identify controller of owner, eg where an
            owner normally acts on instructions of a controller
Note   2.   Disclosure might be made for more than one reason; if so, state all reasons.
Note   3.    Specify which offeror if there is more than one.
Note   4.   When an arrangement exists with any offeror, with the offeree company or which an associate of any offeror
            or of the offeree company in relation to relevant securities, details of such arrangement must be
            disclosed, as required by Note 6 on Rule 8
Note   5.   It may be necessary, particularly when disclosing derivative transactions, to append a sheet to this
            disclosure form so that relevant information can be given.
Note   6.   In the case of an average price bargain, each underlying trade should be disclosed.
For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and
Mergers, Monitoring Section, Tel No: 020 7638 0129.


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