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LONDON--(Business Wire)--
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code)
1.KEY INFORMATION

 Name of person dealing (Note 1)                                                     Millennium Partners, L.P.*
 Company dealt in                                                                    GLADSTONE PLC
 Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)    Ordinary Shares
 Date of dealing                                                                     4 March 2010


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
 (2) Derivatives (other than options)           1,460,000      3.02%
 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
 Total                                          1,460,000      3.02%


(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 (Note 5)


(b)Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 Product name,     Long/short (Note 6)    Number of securities (Note 7)    Price per unit (Note 5)
 e.g. CFD
 CFD               Long                   250,000                          £0.3225


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

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


(ii)Exercising

 Product name, e.g. call option    Number of securities    Exercise price per unit (Note 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.
 *100% of position held by Integrated Core Strategies (Europe) S.á r.l., an indirect subsidiary of Millennium Partners,
L.P.


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

 Date of disclosure                                                  5 March 2010
 Contact name                                                        Jonathan Lay
 Telephone number                                                    +44 (0) 20 7107 8444
 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected
 If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)


Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel`s website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

Millennium Partners, L.P.
Copyright Business Wire 2010