Rule 2.10 Ancmnt- Correction

John David Group (The) PLC 11 May 2005 11 May 2005 Immediate release This announcement replaces the rule 2.10 announcement which was released at 16.48 today under RNS number 1960M. THE JOHN DAVID GROUP PLC ('JD') Further to this morning's announcement of the cash offer for 211.2 pence per JD share on behalf of Manchester Square Enterprises Limited for the whole of the issued and to be issued share capital of JD ('the Offer'), and in accordance with Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, the Board announces details of all classes of relevant securities issued by the Company, together with the numbers of such securities in issue. The issued share capital of the Company, all of which is paid up or credited as fully paid up, is as follows: 47,276,628 Ordinary Shares of 5p each ISIN number in respect of the Ordinary Shares: GB 000 477 1548 Enquiries: The John David Group Plc Tel: 0870 873 0333 Peter Cowgill, Executive Chairman Barry Bown, Chief Executive Brian Small, Finance Director Investec Investment Banking Tel: 020 7597 5970 David Currie Stefan Borson Hogarth Partnership Limited Tel: 020 7357 9477 Andrew Jaques Barnaby Fry Investec Investment Banking, a division of Investec Bank (UK) Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for JD and for no one else in connection with the Offer and will not regard anyone else as its customer in relation to the Offer. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange