Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 8313H

Barclays PLC

08 April 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:				07 April 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:		2,051,746	0.33%	7,814,906	1.27%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			7,612,452	1.24%	1,979,839	0.32%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		9,664,198	1.57%	9,794,745	1.60%

(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		21	2.3419 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		508	2.3160 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		526	2.3108 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		679	2.3249 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,345	2.3341 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,347	2.3163 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,474	2.3126 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,759	2.3101 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,973	2.3463 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,123	2.3247 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,053	2.3410 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,737	2.3394 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		11,864	2.3201 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,892	2.3516 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		18,332	2.3157 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		41,076	2.3477 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		53,713	2.3328 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		39	2.3176 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		96	2.3500 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		814	2.3135 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,098	2.3210 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,159	2.3410 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,432	2.3312 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,059	2.3278 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,372	2.3205 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,551	2.3104 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,013	2.3417 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,051	2.3540 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,526	2.3539 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,989	2.3478 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,023	2.3172 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		13,225	2.3408 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		16,343	2.3405 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		23,089	2.3541 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		31,574	2.3475 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		79,148	2.3520 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		39	2.3177 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		131	2.3448 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		814	2.3135 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		873	2.3232 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,098	2.3209 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,059	2.3278 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,372	2.3205 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,396	2.3349 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,551	2.3104 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		3,033	2.3388 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		3,082	2.3374 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,551	2.3442 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,858	2.3479 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		13,225	2.3408 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		20,948	2.3540 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		28,360	2.3463 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		57,609	2.3539 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		21	2.3420 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		526	2.3108 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		679	2.3249 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,713	2.3298 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,759	2.3101 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,291	2.3425 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,950	2.3385 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,154	2.3469 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,053	2.3410 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		11,864	2.3201 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		13,892	2.3516 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,654	2.3358 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		18,332	2.3157 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		40,983	2.3311 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:				8 Apr 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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