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Pentland Group PLC
11 May 2005



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Canada, Australia or Japan



11 May 2005



                                   CASH OFFER
                         BY GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
               ON BEHALF OF MANCHESTER SQUARE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
                          FOR THE JOHN DAVID GROUP PLC



City Code Rule 2.5(b)(viii) Statement

Manchester Square Enterprises Limited ("Manchester"), a wholly owned subsidiary
of Pentland Group Plc, this morning announced its cash offer to acquire the
ordinary share capital of The John David Group Plc ("JD") and has subsequently
announced that the Offer is unconditional as to acceptances. Further to those
announcements and pursuant to Rule 2.5(b)(viii) of the City Code on Takeovers
and Mergers (the "City Code"), Manchester reminds investors of their obligations
under Rule 8 as follows:

Under the provisions of Rule 8.3 of the City Code any person who, alone or
acting together with any other person(s) pursuant to an agreement or
understanding (whether formal or informal) to acquire or control relevant
securities of JD, owns or controls, or becomes the owner or controller, directly
or indirectly of one per cent or more of any class of securities of JD (or in
any option in respect of, or derivative referred to, any such securities) is
required to disclose to a Regulatory Information Service and the Panel of every
dealing in such securities until such time as the offer period ends for the
purposes of the City Code. If required, any disclosures should be made on an
appropriate form by no later than 12 noon London time of the business day
following the date of the dealing transaction. These disclosures should be sent
to a Regulatory Information Service with a copy sent (by fax or email) to the
Panel (fax number +44 (0) 20 7236 7013, email: monitoring@disclosure.org.uk).

Under the provisions of Rule 8.1 of the City Code, all dealings in relevant
securities of JD by Manchester or JD, or by any of their respective associates
(within the meaning of the City Code) must also be disclosed.

If you are in any doubt as to the application of Rule 8 to you, please contact
an independent financial adviser authorised under the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000,  consult the Panel's website at www.the takeoverpanel.org.uk
or contact the Panel on telephone number +44 (0) 20 7638 0129; fax +44 (0) 20
7236 7013.

Terms defined in the Offer Document dated 11 May 2005 have the same meanings
when used herein unless the context requires otherwise.

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Enquiries

Hogarth Partnership Limited (for Manchester)                020 7357 9477

John Olsen
Georgina Briscoe

Goldman Sachs International                                 020 7774 1000

Guy Slimmon
Daniel Yealland

Goldman Sachs International is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Services Authority in respect of regulated activities. Goldman Sachs
International is acting exclusively for the Pentland Group and no one else in
connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than the
Pentland Group for providing the protections afforded to clients of Goldman
Sachs International or for providing advice in relation to the Offer.

The availability of the Offer to persons not resident in the UK may be affected
by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in which they are resident. Persons who
are not resident in the UK should obtain advice and observe any applicable
requirements. The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into
the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan, or by use of the mails, or by any
means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile transmission,
electronic mail, telex or telephone) of interstate or foreign commerce, or by
any facility of a national securities exchange, of the United States, Canada,
Australia or Japan, and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any such
use, means, instrumentality or facility from or within the United States,
Canada, Australia or Japan. Accordingly, copies of the Offer Document and the
Form of Acceptance are not being, and must not be, mailed or otherwise
distributed or sent in, into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or
Japan and persons receiving such documents (including custodians, nominees and
trustees) must not distribute or send them in, into or from the United States,
Canada, Australia or Japan as so doing will make invalid any purported
acceptance of the Offer by persons in any such jurisdiction.

This announcement does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase any
securities.


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