Rule 8.3- BBI Holdings

RNS Number:6907M
Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd
28 January 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                                      Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

Company dealt in                                            BBI Holdings PLC

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

Date of dealing                                             25-Jan-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                     1530000                  3.565

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

Total                                       1530000                  3.565



(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

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




(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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





Is a Supplemental Form 8.3 attached?  (Note 9)   No

Date of disclosure

Contact name                                                Collins,Carolyn

Telephone number                                            44 20 7888 0241

Name of offeree/offeror with which connected

Nature of connection (Note 10)




Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel(R)TMs website at  http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/.




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