EIDOS RESPONDS TO SCI GROUP OFFER
Copyright 2005 Eidos Press Release

[ May 11th 2005 ]

Further to the announcement on 22 March 2005 by SCi of its offer for all of the issued and to be issued share capital of Eidos, the board of SCi announces that as at 1.00 p.m. on 10 May 2005, being the First Closing Date, SCi had received valid acceptances of the Offer in respect of a total of 110,022,510 Eidos Shares representing approximately 77.5 per cent of the issued share capital of Eidos. The Offer has, therefore, become unconditional as to acceptances.

The Offer remains conditional, inter alia, on approval by SCi Shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting of SCi to be held at 11.00 a.m. on 13 May 2005 for this purpose. It is anticipated that Admission of the Offer Shares will become effective at 8.00 a.m. on 17 May 2005. The Offer will remain open for acceptance by Eidos Shareholders until 1.00 p.m. on Tuesday 24 May 2005.

As set out in the Offer Document, SCi received irrevocable undertakings to accept or procure the acceptance of the Offer in respect of 66,279,421 Eidos Shares, representing approximately 46.7 per cent. of the issued share capital of Eidos. Acceptances under the Offer have been received in respect of 63,902,521 of the Eidos Shares the subject of these undertakings.

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