CWD.L Regulatory News (CWD)

11 Dec 2006 10:56

Lazard Asset Management11 December 2006 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED Company dealt in COUNTRYWIDE PLC Class of relevant security to which ORD the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 8TH DECEMBER 2006 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 2,485,338 1.4546% (2) Derivatives (other than options) 2,083,517 1.2195% (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 4,568,855 2.6741% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan 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) BUY 500 £5.20 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product Long/short Number of Price per name, e.g. (Note 6) securities unit (Note 5)CFD (Note 7) CFD LONG 10,382 £5.20 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, Expiry Option name,e.g. selling, securities price e.g. date money call purchasing, to which American, paid/ option varying the option European received etc. relates etc. per unit (Note 7) (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, Number of Exercise price per unit e.g. call option securities (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 persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. NONE.............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 11TH DECEMBER 2006 Contact name ALAN WILLSON Telephone number 020-7448-2798 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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange