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: 26 April 2010
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or
are they today disclosing, under the Code
in respect of any other party
to this offer? NO
If YES, specify which:
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: Ordinary
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant
securities
wned and/or
controlled: 3,748,828 1.88% 61,510 0.03%
(2) Derivatives
(other
than options): 1,157 0.00% 2,564,010 1.29%
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 3,749,985 1.88% 2,625,520 1.32%
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
ORD Purchase 669 7.6592 GBP
ORD Purchase 287,334 7.66 GBP
ORD Purchase 643 7.6624 GBP
ORD Purchase 61,423 7.6628 GBP
ORD Purchase 10,257 7.663 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,988 7.6631 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,988,820 7.6641 GBP
ORD Purchase 31,050 7.6642 GBP
ORD Purchase 424,160 7.665 GBP
ORD Purchase 58 7.6656 GBP
ORD Purchase 81,643 7.6662 GBP
ORD Purchase 39,062 7.6685 GBP
ORD Purchase 142 7.67 GBP
ORD Sale 293,697 7.66 GBP
ORD Sale 3,059 7.6625 GBP
ORD Sale 509,576 7.6633 GBP
ORD Sale 8,461 7.6635 GBP
ORD Sale 1,016,541 7.6641 GBP
ORD Sale 9,188 7.6646 GBP
ORD Sale 653,360 7.665 GBP
ORD Sale 259,302 7.6651 GBP
ORD Sale 111,831 7.6652 GBP
ORD Sale 45,313 7.6654 GBP
ORD Sale 8,364 7.6659 GBP
ORD Sale 24,030 7.6665 GBP
ORD Sale 24,584 7.67 GBP
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price
relevant description e.g. opening/ reference per unit
security e.g. CFD closing a long/ securities
short position,
increasing/reducing
a long/short position
ORD CFD Long 6,363 7.66 GBP
ORD CFD Short 39,062 7.6685 GBP
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
relevant description purchasing, of Price e.g. date Money
security e.g. selling, securities per unit paid/
call varying to which American, received
option etc. option European per unit
relates etc.
(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: 27 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.