Form 8.3 - ARRIVA
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: BARCLAYS PLC
(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: Arriva Plc
Use a separate form for each
offeror/offeree
(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: 20 April 2010
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or YES
are they today disclosing, under the Code
in respect of any other party
to this offer?
If YES, specify which: Arriva
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:
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant
securities
wned and/or
controlled: 4,230,401 2.12% 78,912 0.04%
(2) Derivatives
(other
than options): 1,157 0.00% 2,238,826 1.12%
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 4,231,558 2.12% 2,317,738 1.16%
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 Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
security
Ordinary Purchase 3,606 7.6175
Ordinary Purchase 3,091 7.6175
Ordinary Purchase 1,409 7.6175
Ordinary Purchase 1,697 7.6175
Ordinary Purchase 86,548 7.6175
Ordinary Purchase 14,091 7.6175
Ordinary Purchase 14,091 7.6175
Ordinary Purchase 8 7.6224
Ordinary Purchase 39,912 7.6224
Ordinary Purchase 37,800 7.622067
Ordinary Purchase 473,700 7.622067
Ordinary Purchase 10,789 7.62
Ordinary Purchase 1,116 7.615
Ordinary Purchase 1,123 7.615
Ordinary Purchase 4,311 7.62
Ordinary Purchase 15,688 7.6175
Ordinary Purchase 150,000 7.6175
Ordinary Purchase 15,688 7.6023
Ordinary Purchase 124,533 7.6175
Ordinary Purchase 301,883 7.625
Ordinary Purchase 9,779 7.63
Ordinary Purchase 4,743 7.625
Ordinary Purchase 2,398 7.625
Ordinary Purchase 8 7.63
Ordinary Purchase 419 7.625
Ordinary Purchase 23,471 7.628078
Ordinary Purchase 351 7.6213
Ordinary Purchase 4,518 7.618513
Ordinary Purchase 40,557 7.625
Ordinary Sale -8 7.6224
Ordinary Sale -2,239 7.62
Ordinary Sale -17,500 7.6364
Ordinary Sale -150,000 7.6175
Ordinary Sale -15,688 7.6175
Ordinary Sale -299,600 7.6364
Ordinary Sale -32,900 7.6364
Ordinary Sale -301,883 7.625
Ordinary Sale -124,533 7.6175
Ordinary Sale -2,560 7.6108
Ordinary Sale -786 7.6208
Ordinary Sale -63,137 7.62529
Ordinary Sale -715 7.61
Ordinary Sale -443 7.615
Ordinary Sale -447 7.61
Ordinary Sale -277 7.61
Ordinary Sale -830 7.625012
Ordinary Sale -4,518 7.617826
Ordinary Sale -2,376 7.627134
Ordinary Sale -4,075 7.618894
Ordinary Sale -208,178 7.617898
Ordinary Sale -165,378 7.625
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of Product Nature of Number of Price
relevant description dealing reference per unit
security e.g. CFD e.g. opening/ securities
closing a long/
short position,
increasing/
reducing
a long/short
position
Ordinary CFD Long 830 7.625
Ordinary CFD Long 2,376 7.6271
Ordinary CFD Long 4,518 7.6178
Ordinary CFD Short 351 7.6213
Ordinary CFD Short 23,471 7.628
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security Product description Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if
security e.g. subscription, conversion 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"
(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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 21 April 2010
Contact name: Geoff Smith
Telephone number: 0207 116 2913
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.