Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 9881H

Barclays PLC

11 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:				08 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:		2,055,177	0.33%	7,801,013	1.27%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			7,591,018	1.24%	1,979,010	0.32%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		9,646,195	1.57%	9,780,023	1.59%

(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		25	2.3840 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		376	2.3140 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		426	2.3535 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		447	2.3100 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		453	2.3520 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		654	2.3060 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		855	2.3417 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,025	2.3386 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,287	2.3431 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,380	2.3501 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,388	2.3260 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,525	2.4070 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,533	2.3315 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,380	2.3479 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,725	2.3439 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,725	2.3440 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,458	2.3521 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,703	2.3352 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,247	2.3409 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		8,341	2.3459 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		8,764	2.3289 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		15,625	2.3569 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		22,692	2.3432 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		27,286	2.3525 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		32,705	2.3453 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		59,455	2.3367 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7	2.3420 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		215	2.3340 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		640	2.3444 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		896	2.3640 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		971	2.4000 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,290	2.3398 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,525	2.4070 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,645	2.3431 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,734	2.3412 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,869	2.3306 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,306	2.3460 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,634	2.3459 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,450	2.3440 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,790	2.3314 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,073	2.3461 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,684	2.3683 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,905	2.3438 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,197	2.3632 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,212	2.3453 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,164	2.3391 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		14,957	2.3404 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		95,992	2.3496 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		420	2.3740 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,115	2.3396 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,734	2.3412 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,869	2.3306 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		4,035	2.3457 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,234	2.3459 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,212	2.3453 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		11,796	2.3545 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		14,957	2.3404 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16,427	2.3512 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		23,858	2.3424 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		26,301	2.3646 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		37,920	2.3469 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5	2.3460 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		100	2.3260 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,388	2.3260 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		1,724	2.3501 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		3,460	2.3407 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,466	2.3507 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,703	2.3352 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,701	2.3304 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,247	2.3409 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		8,341	2.3459 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,764	2.3289 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,138	2.3679 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		27,286	2.3525 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		32,705	2.3453 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		59,455	2.3367 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:				11 Apr 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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