Rule 8.4

 

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RNS Number : 4847N 
Square Enix Holdings Co Limited 
18 February 2009 
 

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO OR 
FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE 
RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION 
 
 
18 February 2009 
OFFER UPDATE 
Recommended Cash Offer 
for 
Eidos plc ("Eidos") 
 by 
SQEX Ltd ("SQEX") 
 a wholly owned subsidiary of 
Square Enix Holdings Co. 
Ltd 
 
 
Further to the announcement made on 12 February 2009 of the recommended cash 
offer for Eidos by SQEX (the "Announcement"), SQEX discloses, in accordance with 
Rule 8.4 of the Code, that it has an obtained irrevocable undertaking from 
Pioneer Investment Management Ltd. to vote in favour of the Scheme and the 
resolutions to be passed at the Court meeting and the Extraordinary General 
Meeting in respect of their aggregate holding of 27,207,582 Eidos Shares 
representing approximately 10.32 per cent. of the existing issued share capital 
of Eidos. 
These undertakings will cease to have effect if the Scheme Document (or, if 
relevant, Offer Document) is not posted within 28 days of the date of this 
announcement (or such later date as the Panel may agree) or the Scheme (or 
takeover offer as applicable) does not become effective, lapses or is withdrawn. 
These undertakings will also cease to have effect in the event of a higher 
competing offer which exceeds the Offer by at least 15 per cent. 
SQEX has therefore received total irrevocable undertakings in respect of 
114,155,071 Eidos Shares representing approximately 43.31 per cent. of the 
existing issued share capital of Eidos. SQEX has also received a letter of 
intent in respect of 8,919,628 Eidos Shares representing approximately 3.38 per 
cent. of the existing issued share capital of Eidos. 
Words and expressions defined in the Announcement shall, unless the context 
otherwise requires, have the same meanings when used in this announcement. 
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| Enquiries:                                       |                         | 
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| SQEX/Square Enix                                 |                         | 
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| Michihiro Sasaki                                 | [phone]         | 
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| UBS Investment Bank (Financial Adviser to        |                         | 
| SQEX/Square Enix)                                |                         | 
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| Andrew Cowper                                    | [phone]        | 
| Thomas Onions                                    |                         | 
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Under the provisions of Rule 8.3 of the City Code, if any person is, or becomes, 
"interested" (directly or indirectly) in 1 per cent. or more of any class of 
"relevant securities" of Eidos, all "dealings" in any "relevant securities" of 
Eidos (including by means of an option in respect of, or a derivative referenced 
to, any such "relevant securities") must be publicly disclosed by no later than 
3.30 pm (London time) on the Business Day following the date of the relevant 
transaction. This requirement will continue until the date on which the Scheme 
becomes effective or lapses or on which the "offer period" otherwise ends. If 
two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, 
whether formal or informal, to acquire an "interest" in "relevant securities" of 
Eidos, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3. 
Under the provisions of Rule 8.1 of the City Code, all "dealings" in "relevant 
securities" of Eidos by SQEX or Eidos, or by any of their respective 
"associates", must be disclosed by no later than 12.00 noon (London time) on the 
Business Day following the date of the relevant transaction. 
A disclosure table, giving details of the companies in whose "relevant 
securities" "dealings" should be disclosed, and the number of such securities in 
issue, can be found on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
"Interests in securities" arise, in summary, when a person has long economic 
exposure, whether conditional or absolute, to changes in the price of 
securities. In particular, a person will be treated as having an "interest" by 
virtue of the ownership or control of securities, or by virtue of any option in 
respect of, or derivative referenced to, securities. 
Terms in quotation marks are defined in the City Code, which can also be found 
on the Panel's website. If you are in any doubt as to whether or not you are 
required to disclose a "dealing" under Rule 8, please contact an independent 
financial adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, 
consult the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk or contact the Panel 
on telephone number [phone]; fax [phone]. 
 
 
 
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