SAR - Infast Group PLC

RNS Number:6667I
UBS Global Asset Management (UK)Ltd
12 March 2003


                                                      FORM SAR 5


                                       Date of disclosure...12/3/2003...

             DISCLOSURE UNDER NOTE 3 OF RULE 5 OF THE RULES GOVERNING
                   SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs")

                 
Date of sale.............11/03/2003...................................

Sale of........INFAST GROUP PLC......................(name of company)


(1) Class of voting shares    Number of shares/rights   If rights over shares
    (eg ordinary shares)      over shares sold          sold, as opposed
                                                        to the shares
                                                        themselves, specify
                                TRANSFER OUT           nature of rights

    ORD 20P (REGD)            ...652,700....shares    .....................
                              ...N/A..........rights


(2) Resultant total holding   Resultant total holding   Total percentage
    of voting shares (and %   of rights over shares
    of total voting shares    (and % of total voting
    in issue)                 shares in issue)

    ..16,694,931..(14.6%)   ...............(    %)       16,694,931.(14.6%)


(3) Party making disclosure..UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED....  

(4)  (a)  Name of person selling shares or rights over shares ..............
          and, if different, beneficial owner   UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK)
                                                LIMITED

     (b)  Names of any other persons acting by
          agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)............................


Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above...................

(Also print name of signatory)....DAVID OAKTON.................

Telephone and extension number....0207 901 5079.....................


For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs.  If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, 
Tel. No: 020 7382 9026.



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