FDC Financial Dev

    FORM SAR 3

Lodge with an RIS and Newstrack, if appropriate, and the Takeover Panel. A copy
must also be sent to the company the shares of which are acquired.

Date of disclosure: 15th October 2004

  DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF   
                                SHARES ("SARs")                                

Date of acquisition: 14th October 2004

Acquisition in FDC (name of company)

(1) Class of voting shares  Number of shares/rights    If rights over shares   
(eg ordinary shares):       over shares acquired:      acquired, as opposed to 
                                                       the shares themselves,  
Ordinary GBP0.001 Shares    Shares: 8,333,333          specify nature of       
                                                       rights:                 
                            Rights:                                            

(2) Resultant total        Resultant total holding of  Total percentage:       
holding of voting shares   rights over shares (and %                           
(and % of total voting     of total voting shares in   17.73 (%)               
shares in issue):          issue):                                             
                                                                               
60,033,333                 (%)                                                 
                                                                               
17.73 (%)                                                                      

(3) Party making disclosure:

Gartmore Investment Management plc

(4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares and, if
different, beneficial owner:

Gartmore Investment Management plc

(b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding (see SAR
5):

Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above:

(Also print name of signatory):

Alan Buddles

Telephone and extension number:

020 7782 2843

Note 1. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by
agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or
acquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate
holdings to disclose certain disposals.

Note 2. The resultant total percentage holding of voting shares and rights over
shared is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and in issue
outside treasury

For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the
SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring
Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. E-mail: monitoring@disclosure.org.uk

FORM SAR 3



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