TIDMBRK TIDMBRG 
 
RNS Number : 4382N 
Brooks Macdonald Group PLC 
10 June 2010 
 

                                                                    FORM 8 (OPD) 
 
            PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER 
              Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") 
 
1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
+-----------------+-------------+ 
| (a)             | Brooks      | 
| Identity        | Macdonald   | 
| of the          | Group plc   | 
| party to        | ("Brooks    | 
| the             | Macdonald") | 
| offer           |             | 
| making          |             | 
| the             |             | 
| disclosure:     |             | 
+-----------------+-------------+ 
| (b)             | N/A         | 
| Owner           |             | 
| or              |             | 
| controller      |             | 
| of              |             | 
| interests       |             | 
| and short       |             | 
| positions       |             | 
| disclosed,      |             | 
| if              |             | 
| different       |             | 
| from 1(a):      |             | 
+-----------------+-------------+ 
| (c)             | Braemar     | 
| Name            | Group       | 
| of              | plc         | 
| offeror/offeree | ("Braemar") | 
| in relation to  |             | 
| whose relevant  |             | 
| securities this |             | 
| form relates:   |             | 
+-----------------+-------------+ 
| (d) Is          | Offeror     | 
| the             |             | 
| party           |             | 
| to the          |             | 
| offer           |             | 
| making          |             | 
| the             |             | 
| disclosure      |             | 
| the             |             | 
| offeror or      |             | 
| the             |             | 
| offeree?        |             | 
+-----------------+-------------+ 
| (e)             | 9 June      | 
| Date            | 2010        | 
| position        |             | 
| held:           |             | 
+-----------------+-------------+ 
| (f)             | No          | 
| Has             |             | 
| the             |             | 
| party           |             | 
| previously      |             | 
| disclosed,      |             | 
| or is it        |             | 
| today           |             | 
| disclosing,     |             | 
| under the       |             | 
| Code in         |             | 
| respect of      |             | 
| any other       |             | 
| party to        |             | 
| this offer?     |             | 
+-----------------+-------------+ 
 
2.         POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the 
offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates 
 
+----------------+------------+--------+--------+--------+ 
| Class          |        Offeree Ordinary Shares        | 
| of             |                                       | 
| relevant       |                                       | 
| security:      |                                       | 
|                |                                       | 
+----------------+---------------------------------------+ 
|                |      Interests      |Short positions  | 
|                |                     |                 | 
+                +---------------------+-----------------+ 
|                |  Number    |   %    |Number  |   %    | 
+----------------+------------+--------+--------+--------+ 
| (1)            |  351,857   |  0.2%  |  Nil   |        | 
| Relevant       |            |        |        |        | 
| securities     |            |        |        |        | 
| owned          |            |        |        |        | 
| and/or         |            |        |        |        | 
| controlled:    |            |        |        |        | 
+----------------+------------+--------+--------+--------+ 
| (2)            |    Nil     |  Nil   |  Nil   |        | 
| Derivatives    |            |        |        |        | 
| (other than    |            |        |        |        | 
| options):      |            |        |        |        | 
+----------------+------------+--------+--------+--------+ 
| (3)            |48,257,421  | 28.0%  |  Nil   |        | 
| Options        |            |        |        |        | 
| and            |            |        |        |        | 
| agreements     |            |        |        |        | 
| to             |            |        |        |        | 
| purchase/sell: |            |        |        |        | 
+----------------+------------+--------+--------+--------+ 
|                |48,609,278  | 28.2%  |  Nil   |        | 
| TOTAL:         |            |        |        |        | 
+----------------+------------+--------+--------+--------+ 
 
The Ordinary Shares which are referred to in (1) above are owned by Brooks 
Macdonald Nominees Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of Brooks 
Macdonald, on behalf of a Brooks Macdonald asset management client. The shares 
were purchased at the request of the client and voting on corporate actions in 
respect of these shares is at the discretion of the client. 
 
The Ordinary Shares which are referred to in (3) above are subject to the 
Management Share Purchase Agreement (details of which are provided in the 
Supplemental Form 8). 
 
(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities 
 
+--------------+--------+ 
| Class        | Nil    | 
| of           |        | 
| relevant     |        | 
| security     |        | 
| in           |        | 
| relation     |        | 
| to which     |        | 
| subscription |        | 
| right        |        | 
| exists:      |        | 
+--------------+--------+ 
| Details,     | Nil    | 
| including    |        | 
| nature of    |        | 
| the          |        | 
| rights       |        | 
| concerned    |        | 
| and          |        | 
| relevant     |        | 
| percentages: |        | 
+--------------+--------+ 
 
 
(c)        Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent 
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 
| of any                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 
| irrevocable                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 
| commitments                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 
| or letters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
| of intent                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 
| procured by                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 
| the party                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 
| to the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 
| offer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 
| making the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
| disclosure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
| or any                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 
| person                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 
| acting in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 
| concert                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 
| with it                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 
| (see Note 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 
| on Rule                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 
| 2.11 of the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 
| Code):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
| Brooks Macdonald has received irrevocable undertakings to accept or procure acceptance of the Offer in respect of, in aggregate, 69,041,665 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 40.1 per cent. of the existing issued Ordinary Shares and approximately 55.7 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares to which the Offer will relate), as detailed below: | 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
| Name                No. of         % of current       % of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
| Ordinary         issued         Ordinary                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 
| Shares           Ordinary       Shares to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 
| Shares         which the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 
| Offer will                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
| relate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 
| Anthony            4,641,667           2.7             3.7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
| McFarland                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 
| Ciano             47,133,332           27.4           38.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
| Investments                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 
| Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 
| Stephen            8,933,333           5.2             7.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
| Hemsley                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 
| Nigel Wray         8,333,333           4.8             6.7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
| ___________      _____________     ____________   ____________                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 
| TOTAL             69,041,665           40.1           55.7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
3.         POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER 
MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
+-------------+ 
|             | 
| None        | 
|             | 
+-------------+ 
| Details     | 
| of any      | 
| interests,  | 
| short       | 
| positions   | 
| and rights  | 
| to          | 
| subscribe   | 
| of any      | 
| person      | 
| acting in   | 
| concert     | 
| with the    | 
| party to    | 
| the offer   | 
| making the  | 
| disclosure: | 
+-------------+ 
 
4.         OTHER INFORMATION 
 
(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements 
 
+----------------+ 
| Details        | 
| of any         | 
| indemnity      | 
| or option      | 
| arrangement,   | 
| or any         | 
| agreement or   | 
| understanding, | 
| formal or      | 
| informal,      | 
| relating to    | 
| relevant       | 
| securities     | 
| which may be   | 
| an inducement  | 
| to deal or     | 
| refrain from   | 
| dealing        | 
| entered into   | 
| by the party   | 
| to the offer   | 
| making the     | 
| disclosure or  | 
| any person     | 
| acting in      | 
| concert with   | 
| it:            | 
|                | 
+----------------+ 
|                | 
| None           | 
|                | 
+----------------+ 
 
(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or 
derivatives 
 
+----------------+ 
| Details        | 
| of any         | 
| agreement,     | 
| arrangement    | 
| or             | 
| understanding, | 
| formal or      | 
| informal,      | 
| between the    | 
| party to the   | 
| offer making   | 
| the            | 
| disclosure, or | 
| any person     | 
| acting in      | 
| concert with   | 
| it, and any    | 
| other person   | 
| relating to:   | 
| (i)  the       | 
| voting rights  | 
| of any         | 
| relevant       | 
| securities     | 
| under any      | 
| option; or     | 
| (ii) the       | 
| voting rights  | 
| or future      | 
| acquisition or | 
| disposal of    | 
| any relevant   | 
| securities to  | 
| which any      | 
| derivative is  | 
| referenced:    | 
|                | 
+----------------+ 
|                | 
| None           | 
|                | 
+----------------+ 
 
(c)        Attachments 
 
Are any Supplemental Forms attached? 
 
+--------------+--------+ 
| Supplemental |  YES   | 
| Form 8 (Open |        | 
| Positions)   |        | 
+--------------+--------+ 
| Supplemental |  NO    | 
| Form 8 (SBL) |        | 
+--------------+--------+ 
 
 
+-------------+-----------+ 
| Date        | 10        | 
| of          | June      | 
| disclosure: | 2010      | 
+-------------+-----------+ 
| Contact     | Bruce     | 
| name:       | Garrow,   | 
|             | Collins   | 
|             | Stewart   | 
|             | Europe    | 
|             | Ltd       | 
+-------------+-----------+ 
| Telephone   | +44       | 
| number:     | (0)20     | 
|             | 7523 8350 | 
+-------------+-----------+ 
 
Note that defined terms in this form have the same meaning as in the 
announcement of Brooks Macdonald's recommended cash offer for Braemar on 8 June 
2010 
 
 
 
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            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
   END 
 
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