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Renaissance Technologies LLC
16 July 2014 
 
FORM 8.3 
 
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY 
 
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE 
 
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") 
 
1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:                                                                                    Renaissance Technologies LLC [submits this filing on behalf of various advised funds/accounts].                                                     
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient                                                                                                                                                      
 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree                    Mothercare Plc                                                                                                                                      
 (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:                                                                                                                                                                                            
 (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                                                                                  July 15, 2014 [In addition, Renaissance Technologies LLC has dealt in previous dates during the offer period as attached at the end of this form.]  
 (f)  Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?                      Yes, Destination Maternity Corporation.                                                                                                             
 
 
2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the
offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if
any) 
 
 Class of relevant security:                       50p ordinary  
                                                   Interests     Short positions  
 Number                                            %             Number           %      
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                 -3150  0.004  
 (2) Derivatives (other than options):                                                          
 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                   
 TOTAL:                                                                           -3150  0.004  
 
 
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed. 
 
Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase
or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open
Positions). 
 
(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and
other executive options) 
 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:     
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:    
 
 
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security. 
 
3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
(a)        Purchases and sales 
 
 Class of relevant security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit  
 50p ordinary                Sale           92                    294             
 50p ordinary                Short          2165                  294             
 50p ordinary                Short          985                   294.5           
 
 
(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product descriptione.g. CFD  Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position  Number of reference securities  Price per unit  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 
 
(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
 
(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.  Number of securities to which option relates  Exercise price per unit  Typee.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 
 
(ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product descriptione.g. call option  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  
                                                                                                                 
 
 
(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion  Details  Price per unit (if applicable)  
                                                                                                                      
 
 
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. 
 
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in. 
 
4.         OTHER INFORMATION 
 
(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements 
 
 Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"  
 None.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 
 
(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives 
 
 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"  
 None.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 
 
(c)        Attachments 
 
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  No.  
 
 
 Date of disclosure:  July 16, 2014                    
 Contact name:        Mark Silber / Tiffany T. Michel  
 Telephone number:    +1 212-829-4460                  
 
 
Telephone number: 
 
+1 212-829-4460 
 
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is
available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure
requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. 
 
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
 
SCHEDULE 
 
MOTHERCARE PLC 
 
Renaissance Technologies LLC 
 
July 2, 2014 - July 14, 2014 
 
Shares outstanding:  88,821,250 
 
Class of Relevant Security: 50p ordinary 
 
 Date      Purchase/Sale  Number of Securities  Price per unit (USD)  
 20140702  Sale           977                   255.75                
 20140702  Sale           909                   256.75                
 20140702  Sale           1410                  257                   
 20140703  Purchase       1317                  255                   
 20140703  Sale           1543                  245.5                 
 20140707  Sale           1187                  267                   
 20140708  Sale           1294                  263.75                
 20140708  Sale           1327                  264                   
 20140708  Sale           1546                  266                   
 20140709  Sale           1381                  268.5                 
 20140709  Sale           1193                  269.25                
 20140710  Sale           1156                  262.5                 
 20140711  Sale           1288                  290                   
 20140711  Sale           1122                  300                   
 20140714  Sale           430                   295                   
 
 
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