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:				09 December 2021
(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:		543,128	0.09%	7,600,449	1.24%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			7,383,575	1.20%	415,234	0.07%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		7,926,703	1.29%	8,015,683	1.31%

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		554		2.3680 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		562		2.3459 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,382		2.3413 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,676		2.3427 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,014		2.3420 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,325		2.3180 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,891		2.3500 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,167		2.3206 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,860		2.3381 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,209		2.3523 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		79,322		2.3274 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		270		2.3363 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		604		2.3410 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		643		2.3320 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,796		2.3492 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,827		2.3440 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,057		2.3303 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,493		2.3326 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,994		2.3181 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,147		2.3508 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,630		2.3419 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		12,435		2.3376 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		21,693		2.3445 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		41,033		2.3180 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		38	2.3319 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		48	2.3479 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		905	2.3179 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,540	2.3407 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,796	2.3492 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,575	2.3178 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,477	2.3423 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,824	2.3474 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,421	2.3499 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,907	2.3405 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		12,435	2.3376 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		41,033	2.3179 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14	2.3500 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		83	2.3569 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		190	2.3402 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		479	2.3440 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,662	2.3426 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,727	2.3407 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,192	2.3357 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,380	2.3364 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		23,563	2.3441 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		23,903	2.3181 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		27,241	2.3228 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:				10 Dec 2021
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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