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RNS Number : 0316O
Peter Stanley Allen
22 June 2010

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 (a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:
                               Aboyne-Clyde Rubber Estates of Ceylon Ltd., a company in which Mr Peter S Allen and
family are the controlling shareholders
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):The naming of nominee or
vehicle companies is insufficient
 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:Use a separate form for each
offeror/offeree                    Cape plc
 (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
 (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
                               21 June 2010
 (f)  Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party
to this offer?                 NO


2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure
relates following the dealing (if any)

 Class of relevant security:                        Preference Shares of £1
                                                    Interests                Short positions
 Number                                             %                        Number           %
 (1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:  250,000                  100
 (2)  Derivatives (other than options):
 (3)  Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
 TOTAL:                                             250,000                  100


All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given
on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:


If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror
or
offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)        Purchases and sales

 Class of relevant security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit



(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 Class of relevant security  Product descriptione.g. CFD  Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position,
increasing/reducing a long/short position  Number of reference securities  Price per unit



(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.  Number of
securities to which option relates  Exercise price per unit  Typee.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money
paid/ received per unit



(ii)        Exercising

 Class of relevant security  Product descriptione.g. call option  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit



(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion  Details  Price per unit (if applicable)



The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c),
copy
table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

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 person making the
disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:If there are no such
agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
 None


(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure
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:If there are
no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
 None


(c)        Attachments

 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  NO


 Date of disclosure:  22 June 2010
 Contact name:        Peter Allen
 Telephone number:    01730 812415


Telephone number:

01730 812415

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to
the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation
in
relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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