Rule 8.3- IX Europe PLC

RNS Number:5726A
Pension Services Limited
19 July 2007


                                                                    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  (Note 1)              Pension Services Ltd   

Company dealt in                              IX Europe plc

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

Date of dealing                               19/07/07
 



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                        2,871,036  (1.58%)

(2) Derivatives (other than options)                    

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell                    

Total                                          2,871,036  (1.58%)


2,545,025 for B.S. Pension Fund Trustee Ltd, 280,590 for Corus Engineering 
Steels Pension Scheme Trustee Ltd, 45,421 for Firsteel Group Pension Trustee 
Ltd.



(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     
                                               Number     (%)    Number     (%)

(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)

Sell               200,000                  1.41



177,200 for B.S. Pension Fund Trustee Ltd, 19,600 for Corus Engineering Steels
Pension Scheme Trustee Ltd, 3,200 for Firsteel Group Pension Trustee Ltd.


 
(b)     Derivatives transactions (other than options)
 
Product name,     Long/short     Number of securities     Price per unit 
e.g. CFD          (Note 6)       (Note 7)                 (Note 5)

               
(c)     Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)     Writing, selling, purchasing or varying


Product   Writing,       Number of    Exercise  Type, e.g.  Expiry  Option money
name,     selling,       securities   price     American,   date    paid/
e.g.      purchasing,    to which               European            received                
call      varying etc.   the option             etc.                per unit  
option                   relates                                    (Note 5) 
                         (Note 7) 

                             
 
 
(ii)     Exercising
 
Product name, e.g.     Number of securities      Exercise price per unit 
call option                                      (Note 5)
          


 
(d)     Other dealings (including new securities)(Note 4)
 
Nature of transaction      Details               Price per unit 
(Note 8)                                         (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 attached? (Note 9)               NO
 
 
Date of disclosure                                        19/07/07

Contact name                                              Varsha Naik

Telephone number                                          020 7716 5240

If a connected EFM, name of 
offeree/offeror with which connected     

If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)     




Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk 




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