EPT Disclosure NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC

Form 38.5(B) DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Barclay Capital Company dealt in NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.05 to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 14 October 2009 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant 364,478 0.24% 51,877 0.03% securities (2) Derivatives 210,277 0.14% (other than options) (3) Options and 0.00 0.00% 0.00 0.00% agreements to purchase/sell Total 364,478 0.24% 262,154 0.17% (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of Long Short relevant security: Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit (GBP) Purchase 13,197 4.734485 Purchase 3,691 4.746302 Purchase 612 4.739542 Sale 6,880 4.742975 Sale 1,025 4.730478 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per (e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP) CFD Long 1025 4.7304 CFD Long 6880 4.7429 CFD Short 13197 4.7344 CFD Short 612 4.7395 CFD Short 3691 4.7463 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP) varying etc. relates (GBP) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per call option securities unit (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction Details Price per unit (Note 8) (if applicable) (Note 5) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 8) NO Date of disclosure 15 October 2009 Contact name Geoff Smith Telephone number 020 7116 2913 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected A consortium comprising funds advised by CVC Capital Partners and interests of the Cosmen family. If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

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