FORM 8.3 - NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC

FORM 8.3 - NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC

BARCLAYS PLC

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)	Full name of discloser:	Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose	NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:	07 February 2022
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making	YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?	STAGECOACH GROUP PLC

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

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.

(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:			5p ordinary
			Interests		Short Positions
			Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		678,620	0.11%	10,062,526	1.64%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			9,706,992	1.58%	347,118	0.06%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		10,385,612	1.69%	10,409,644	1.70%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), 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 employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

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.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant	Purchase/sale	Number of	Price per unit
security		securities
5p ordinary	Purchase	12	2.5159 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	148	2.4980 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	514	2.5150 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	552	2.5160 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	689	2.5140 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	1,064	2.5060 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	1,081	2.5070 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	1,330	2.5096 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	1,514	2.4970 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	2,046	2.5006 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	4,055	2.5047 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	5,019	2.5000 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	5,456	2.5052 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	7,099	2.4995 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	8,741	2.5044 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	15,923	2.5017 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	17,758	2.5020 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	86,566	2.5013 GBP
5p ordinary	Purchase	167,414	2.5024 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	6	2.5160 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	64	2.5018 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	633	2.4956 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	684	2.5080 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	894	2.4830 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	1,019	2.4883 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	1,358	2.5000 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	1,809	2.5125 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	2,317	2.4940 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	2,528	2.4998 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	2,774	2.5135 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	3,851	2.5001 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	4,387	2.5063 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	5,925	2.4850 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	7,103	2.5157 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	7,307	2.5126 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	7,648	2.4899 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	8,146	2.5087 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	26,846	2.5013 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	30,453	2.5012 GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	100,426	2.5025 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of	Product	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant	description		reference	unit
security			securities
5p ordinary	CFD	Long	64	2.5018 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Long	177	2.5120 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Long	405	2.5139 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Long	946	2.4818 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Long	998	2.5050 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Long	1,506	2.5118 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Long	2,123	2.4971 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Long	2,371	2.4943 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Long	8,703	2.4976 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Long	17,145	2.5030 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	148	2.4980 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	951	2.5208 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	1,052	2.4967 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	1,092	2.5183 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	2,710	2.5000 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	2,775	2.5060 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	3,763	2.5009 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	5,186	2.5028 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	5,456	2.5052 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	6,148	2.4962 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Short	6,750	2.5002 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	12,121	2.5006 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	13,154	2.5019 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Short	14,073	2.5006 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	14,318	2.5057 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	15,843	2.5004 GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Short	23,196	2.4999 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(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	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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:				8 Feb 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on [phone].

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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