RNS Number:6062O
Lewis Silkin
12 August 2003

                                  Date of Disclosure     12 AUGUST 2003

                    DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(i) and 8.3 
                       OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS

Date of dealing     8 AUGUST 2003

Dealing in          BANK RESTAURANTS GROUP PLC            (name of company)

1)  Class of securities (eg ordinary shares)     ORDINARY SHARES 

2)  Amount bought                Amount sold             Price per unit

    NOTE 1a



3)  Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled 
    (and percentage of class)            NOTE 2a                 (    %)


4) Party making disclosure     LEWIS SILKIN


5)  EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1)     CONRAN HOLDINGS LIMITED    
    OR     (b) if dealing for discretionary client(s), name of fund 
               management organisation

6)  Reason for disclosure (Note 2)                                     
    (a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3)                       YES
                    (ii) offeree company                        NO

Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf) (1) ONE 

If category (8), explain

     (b)  Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% 
          or more of the class of relevant securities dealt in)  NO

Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above  N/A  

(Also print name of signatory)     GEOFFREY DAVIES

Telephone and extension number     020 7074 8100

THIS NOTIFICATION IS MADE IN RESPECT OF THE SAME SHARES AS WAS THE 
NOTIFICATION MADE ON MONDAY 11 AUGUST 2003 UNDER SARS RULE 3.



Note 1.  Specify owner, not nominee or vehicle company.  If relevant, also 
         identify controller of owner, eg where an owner normally acts on 
         instructions of a controller

Note 2.  Disclosure might be made for more than one reason; if so, state all 
         reasons.

Note 3.  Specify which offeror if there is more than one.

Note 4.  When an arrangement exists with any offeror, with the offeree company 
         or which an associate of any offeror or of the offeree company 
         in relation to relevant securities, details of such arrangement must 
         be disclosed, as required by Note 6 on Rule 8

Note 5.  It may be necessary, particularly when disclosing derivative 
         transactions, to append a sheet to this disclosure form so that
         relevant information can be given.

Note 6.  In the case of an average price bargain, each underlying trade 
         should be disclosed.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code.  If in 
doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Tel No: 020 7382 9026


                          BANK RESTAURANTS GROUP PLC

Note 1a
 
Conran Holdings Limited ("Conran") has been granted an undertaking by an
associate of Bank Restaurants Group Plc ("Bank") to accept any cash offer by
Conran of 3.125p per Ordinary Share in Bank in respect of 6,757,500 Ordinary
Shares in Bank. The undertaking will cease to apply if:-

(a)    An announcement of Conran's offer is not made within 60 days after
completion of the subscription by Conran for new Ordinary Shares in Bank;

(b)    Conran's offer is withdrawn or lapses;

(c)    The document containing Conran's offer is not despatched within 28 days
after the date of the announcement referred to above;

(d)    A third party makes an offer to acquire the whole of the issued share
capital of Bank at a price per Ordinary Share which is higher than 3.5p per
Ordinary Share.

Note 2a

Together with undertakings given in similar terms by the directors of Bank the
total number of Ordinary Shares in Bank over which Conran has obtained
undertakings is 12,707,500 Ordinary Shares in Bank (representing 29.9% of the
existing issued share capital of Bank).

 

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