Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 7210E

Barclays PLC

14 March 2022

 

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:				11 March 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
(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:		2,146,092	0.35%	8,151,421	1.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			7,872,967	1.28%	1,775,692	0.29%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		10,019,059	1.63%	9,927,113	1.62%

(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:

3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
5p ordinary		Purchase		29		2.5340 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		74		2.5760 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		386		2.5321 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		862		2.5814 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,728		2.5841 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,190		2.5450 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,455		2.5067 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,008		2.5848 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,228		2.4900 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,341		2.5068 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,412		2.5600 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,826		2.5425 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,835		2.4740 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,387		2.5260 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,421		2.5296 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		16,003		2.5090 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		16,902		2.5826 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		17,557		2.4563 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		17,904		2.5156 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		18,021		2.5256 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		45,066		2.5120 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		69,943		2.5533 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		197,400		2.5369 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		284,380		2.5366 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		324,941		2.5187 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		38		2.5550 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		67		2.4738 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		75		2.5200 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		92		2.5576 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		417		2.5451 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		726		2.5407 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		864		2.5460 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		911		2.5420 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,478		2.5540 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,925		2.5600 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,970		2.5254 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,569		2.5716 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,826		2.5033 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,099		2.5437 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,493		2.5424 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,577		2.5223 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,747		2.5298 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,810		2.5170 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,294		2.5446 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,542		2.5567 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,382		2.5440 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,840		2.5354 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,253		2.5346 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,449		2.5432 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,563		2.5400 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,040		2.5221 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,908		2.5349 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,892		2.5702 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,161		2.5308 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,472		2.5411 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,790		2.5262 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		13,390		2.5155 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		16,926		2.5344 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		28,109		2.4993 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		30,109		2.5040 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		53,631		2.5080 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		79,385		2.5340 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		87,721		2.5372 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		109,385		2.5581 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		134,160		2.5543 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		194,755		2.5213 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		200,134		2.5710 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		257,847		2.5281 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		67	2.4737 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		320	2.5440 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,500	2.5341 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,661	2.5275 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,008	2.5079 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		18,267	2.5356 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		28,768	2.5381 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		53,631	2.5080 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		55,110	2.5364 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		80,200	2.5311 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		83,413	2.5291 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,308	2.5377 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,872	2.5256 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,228	2.4900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,815	2.5361 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,341	2.5068 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		16,003	2.5090 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		19,277	2.5158 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		24,451	2.5080 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		25,079	2.5291 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		27,244	2.5264 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		31,486	2.5259 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		33,601	2.5204 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		43,649	2.5254 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		44,345	2.5081 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		61,665	2.5355 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		73,327	2.5082 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		259,301	2.5373 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				14 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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