Intention to Cancel Listing

Pendragon PLC 16 February 2006 Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or part, in, into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 February 2006 MANDATORY UNCONDITIONAL RECOMMENDED INCREASED CASH OFFER (THE 'MANDATORY OFFER') by CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED on behalf of PENDRAGON PLC ('PENDRAGON') for REG VARDY PLC ('REG VARDY') Proposed cancellation of Listing On 15 February, Pendragon announced that it had acquired, agreed to acquire or received acceptances in respect of, in aggregate, 41,042,048 Reg Vardy Shares, representing approximately 73.0 per cent. of the total issued share capital of Reg Vardy. Following the receipt of a further 2,609,689 acceptances and the agreement to acquire a further 3,248,214 Reg Vardy Shares, Pendragon today announces that it has acquired, agreed to acquire or received acceptances in respect of, in aggregate, 46,899,951 Reg Vardy Shares, representing approximately 83.4 per cent. of the total issued share capital of Reg Vardy. Pendragon stated in its Offer Documents that, following the Mandatory Offer becoming or being declared unconditional in all respects and sufficient acceptances being received, it was the intention of Pendragon to procure that Reg Vardy applies for cancellation of the listing of the Reg Vardy Shares on the Official List and trading on the London Stock Exchange. As Pendragon has now acquired, agreed to acquire or received acceptances in respect of over 75 per cent. of the voting rights attaching to Reg Vardy Shares, notice is hereby given in accordance with the requirements of the Listing Rules that the twenty business days' notice period for such cancellation has now commenced. Accordingly, it is expected that such de-listing and cancellation will take effect no sooner than 16 March 2006. De-listing is likely to reduce significantly the liquidity and marketability of any Reg Vardy Shares in respect of which the Mandatory Offer has not been accepted. ENQUIRIES Pendragon PLC Tel: 01623 725 114 Trevor Finn, Chief Executive David Forsyth, Finance Director Citigroup Global Markets Limited Tel: 020 7986 4000 Philip Robert-Tissot Sam Small Chris Zeal (Corporate Broking) Finsbury Group Tel: 020 7251 3801 Rupert Younger Gordon Simpson Citigroup Global Markets Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Pendragon and for no one else in connection with the Mandatory Offer and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to clients of Citigroup Global Markets Limited or for providing advice in relation to the Mandatory Offer. This announcement does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase any securities. The Mandatory Offer is not being and will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex or telephone) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan and the Mandatory Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility, directly or indirectly from or within the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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