EPT Disclosure

    FORM 38.5

                DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS                 

             (Rule 38.5 of The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)             

Name of exempt principal trader        Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein          
                                       Securities Limited                      
                                                                               
Company dealt in                       Somerfield Plc                          
                                                                               
Relevant security dealt in             Ordinary 10p shares                     
                                                                               
Name of offeree with whom connected    Somerfield Plc                          
                                                                               
Nature of connection #                 (3) Broker and Financial Adviser        
                                                                               
Date of dealing                        19 May 2005                             

Total number of securities bought      408,508                                 
                                                                               
Highest price paid (GBP)               1.9667                                  
                                                                               
Lowest price paid (GBP)                1.9625                                  

Total number of securities sold        330,304                                 
                                                                               
Highest price paid (GBP)               1.9800                                  
                                                                               
Lowest price paid (GBP)                1.9600                                  

Date of disclosure                     20 May 2005                             
                                                                               
Contact name                           Monica Lam                              
                                                                               
Telephone number                       020 7475 5827                           

# See the definition of "connected fund managers and principal traders" in the
Definitions Section of the Code.

For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rules 8 and 38.5
and their Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at 
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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