Response to Announcement

Pendragon PLC 25 April 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 25 April 2006 FINAL OFFER by CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED on behalf of Pendragon plc ('Pendragon') for LOOKERS PLC ('LOOKERS') OFFER UPDATE The Board of Pendragon notes the announcement by Lookers relating to the acquisition of certain Lookers Shares by Mr Tony Bramall and his family interests. The Board of Pendragon reiterates that: • its Offer remains open for acceptance until 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 27 April 2006; • for the Offer to be successful, acceptances are only required in respect of Lookers Shares which carry more than 50 per cent. of Lookers voting rights. No single shareholder, such as Mr Bramall, can block the Offer; and • the Offer values each Lookers Share at 683.1 pence (based on the Closing Price of 594.0 pence per Pendragon Share on 25 April 2006). Lookers Shareholders should, once again, question what underpins the confident statements made by the Lookers Board. The Board of Lookers has attempted to persuade its shareholders that Lookers is worth considerably more than the value of Pendragon's Offer. Yet Hamilton Finance, previously Lookers' largest shareholder and which has a representative on the Lookers Board, has sold its shares at a sizeable discount to the value of the Pendragon Offer. Pendragon encourages Lookers Shareholders to accept the Offer now. 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 no one else in connection with the 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 Offer. This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, any offer for, or any solicitation of any offer for, securities. Any acceptance or other response to the Offer should be made only on the basis of information referred to in the Offer Document. The 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 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. The Offer is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States of America or in any jurisdiction in which such an offer is unlawful. The New Pendragon Shares to be issued in connection with the Offer have not been, nor will they be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the securities laws of any state of the United States of America and may not be offered or sold in the United States of America, absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration. No public offering of the securities will be made in the United States of America. The relevant clearances have not been, and will not be, obtained from the securities commission of any province or territory of Canada; no prospectus or a prospectus equivalent has been, or will be, lodged with, or registered by, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or the Japanese Ministry of Finance and the New Pendragon Shares have not been, and nor will they be, registered under or offered in compliance with applicable securities laws of any state, province, territory or jurisdiction in Canada, Australia or Japan. Accordingly, Pendragon Shares may not (unless an exemption under relevant securities laws is applicable) be offered, sold, resold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into Canada, Australia or Japan or any other jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of, or require registration thereof in, such jurisdiction or to, or for the account or benefit of, a person located in Canada, Australia or Japan. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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