EMA Emap

RNS Number:0938Q
Eden Bidco Limited
13 March 2008


                                                                        FORM 8.1

          DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREE COMPANIES OR THEIR ASSOCIATES
                  FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS
                 (Rules 8.1(a) and (b)(i) of the Takeover Code)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)                                Eden Bidco
                                                               Limited
Company dealt in                                               Emap Plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being         Ordinary shares
disclosed relate (Note 2)                                      of 30p
Date of dealing                                                13 March 2008

2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                                                   Long         Short
                                                   Number (%)   Number     (%)
(1) Relevant securities                            1
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

Total

* The total holding in EMAP of Hazel Sarl (a company owned by funds advised by
Apax Partners Worldwide LLP), Guardian Media Group plc and Eden Bidco, is
41,954,040 shares (19.3%). Other persons connected to Eden Bidco also own
another 5,320 shares, making the total holding of Eden Bidco and its connected
parties in EMAP 41,959,360 shares (19.3%).

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than 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 (GBP) (Note 5)
Purchase       1                          470p

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, e.g. Long/short (Note Number of securities     Price per unit
CFD                6)               (Note 7)                 (Note 5)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product   Writing,     Number of        Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
name,e.g. selling,     securities to    price    American,  date   paid/received
call      purchasing,  which the option          European          per unit
option    varying etc. relates (Note 7)          etc.              (Note 5)

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call       Number of           Exercise price per unit (Note
option                        securities          5)

(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)  Details Price per unit (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 person
disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant
securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting
rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any
derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be
stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO

Date of disclosure   13 March 2008
Contact name         Charles Wilkinson
Telephone number     020 7545 8000
Name of offeree/     Eden Bidco Limited
offeror with which
associated
Specify category and Eden Bidco is jointly established by funds advised by Apax
nature of associate  Partners Worldwide LLP and by Guardian Media Group plc.
status (Note 10)     Hazel Sarl is wholly owned by funds advised by Apax
                     Partners Worldwide LLP and is therefore a connected party
                     to Eden Bidco
Notes The Notes on Form 8.1 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk



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