Rule 8.3- Eidos Plc

 

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RNS Number : 9340L 
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 
20 January 2009 
 
   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 
 
 
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| Name of person dealing  (Note 1)   | Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc                     | 
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| Company dealt in                   | Eidos Plc                                            | 
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| Class of relevant security to      | ORD GBP 0.05                                         | 
| which the dealings being disclosed |                                                      | 
| relate (Note 2)                    |                                                      | 
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| Date of dealing                    | 19 January 2009                                      | 
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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) 
 
 
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|                        |              Long               |              Short                | 
+------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ 
|                        | Number           | (%)          | Number         |  (%)             | 
+------------------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+------------------+ 
| (1) Relevant           | 5,480,853        | 2.0793%      | 0              | 0.0%             | 
| securities             |                  |              |                |                  | 
+------------------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+------------------+ 
| (2) Derivatives (other | 0                | 0.0%         | 0              | 0.0%             | 
| than options)          |                  |              |                |                  | 
|                        |                  |              |                |                  | 
+------------------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+------------------+ 
| (3) Options and        | 0                | 0.0%         | 0              | 0.0%             | 
| agreements to          |                  |              |                |                  | 
| purchase/sell          |                  |              |                |                  | 
|                        |                  |              |                |                  | 
+------------------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+------------------+ 
| Total                  | 5,480,853        | 2.0793%      | 0              | 0.0%             | 
+------------------------+------------------+--------------+----------------+------------------+ 
 
 
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other 
than the class dealt in (Note 3) 
 
 
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| Class of relevant      |              Long              |              Short                | 
| security:              |                                |                                   | 
|                        |                                |                                   | 
+------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ 
|                        | Number       | (%)             | Number         | (%)              | 
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+------------------+ 
| (1) Relevant           | 0            | 0.0%            | 0              | 0.0%             | 
| securities             |              |                 |                |                  | 
|                        |              |                 |                |                  | 
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+------------------+ 
| (2) Derivatives (other | 0            | 0.0%            | 0              | 0.0%             | 
| than options)          |              |                 |                |                  | 
|                        |              |                 |                |                  | 
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+------------------+ 
| (3) Options and        | 0            | 0.0%            | 0              | 0.0%             | 
| agreements to          |              |                 |                |                  | 
| purchase/sell          |              |                 |                |                  | 
|                        |              |                 |                |                  | 
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+------------------+ 
| Total                  | 0            | 0.0%            | 0              | 0.0%             | 
|                        |              |                 |                |                  | 
+------------------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------+------------------+ 
 
 
(c)Rights to subscribe (Note 3) 
 
 
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| Class of relevant security:        | Details                                              | 
|                                    |                                                      | 
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|                                    |                                                      | 
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3.    DEALINGS (Note 4) 
 
 
(a)Purchases and sales 
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| Purchase/sale                | Number of securities        | Price per unit (Note 5)       | 
|                              |                             |                               | 
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+ 
| Purchase                     | 9,752                       | 13.7500 GBP                   | 
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+ 
 
 
(b)Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
+-----------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------+ 
| Product name,   | Long/short (Note   | Number of securities (Note | Price per unit (Note 5) | 
| e.g. CFD        | 6)                 | 7)                         |                         | 
+-----------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------+ 
|                 |                    |                            |                         | 
+-----------------+--------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------+ 
 
 
(c)    Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
 
 
(i)Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
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| Product     | Writing,    | Number of     | Exercise    | Type,     | Expiry     | Option        | 
| name,       | selling,    | securities to | price       | e.g.      | date       | money         | 
| e.g. call   | purchasing, | which the     |             | American, |            | paid/received | 
| option      | varying     | option        |             | European  |            | per unit      | 
|             | etc.        | relates (Note |             | etc.      |            | (Note 5)      | 
|             |             | 7)            |             |           |            |               | 
+-------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+-----------+------------+---------------+ 
|             |             |               |             |           |            |               | 
+-------------+-------------+---------------+-------------+-----------+------------+---------------+ 
 
 
(ii)Exercising 
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| Product name, e.g. call      | Number of securities        | Exercise price per unit (Note | 
| option                       |                             | 5)                            | 
|                              |                             |                               | 
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+ 
|                              |                             |                               | 
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+ 
 
 
(d)Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) 
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| Nature of transaction (Note  | Details                     | Price per unit (if            | 
| 8)                           |                             | applicable) (Note 5)          | 
|                              |                             |                               | 
+------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+ 
 
 
4.OTHER INFORMATION 
 
 
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives 
 
 
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| 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.                              | 
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|                                                                                          | 
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)YES/NO 
 
 
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| Date of disclosure                                | 20 January 2009                       | 
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| Contact name                                      | Richard Hopkins                       | 
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| Telephone number                                  | [phone]                       | 
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| If a connected EFM, name of offeree/with which    |                                       | 
| connected                                         |                                       | 
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| If a connected EFM, state nature of connection    |                                       | 
| (Note 10)                                         |                                       | 
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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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