Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 9634L

Barclays PLC

18 May 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:

17 May 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:

2,611,085

0.43%

9,392,163

1.53%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

17,393,473

2.83%

2,218,809

0.36%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

20,004,558

3.26%

11,610,972

1.89%

(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		470	2.5039 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		881	2.4960 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,112	2.4928 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,275	2.4934 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,203	2.4930 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		11,704	2.5260 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		29,231	2.4939 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		35,620	2.4980 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		36,280	2.4970 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		55,124	2.5224 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		100,000	2.4912 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		115,000	2.5235 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		363	2.4980 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		417	2.4780 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		423	2.4960 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		470	2.5040 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		529	2.5020 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		759	2.4905 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		845	2.4869 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,422	2.4887 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,765	2.4988 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,865	2.4932 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,754	2.4946 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,972	2.5105 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,103	2.4934 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,492	2.4877 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,355	2.4925 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,699	2.5034 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,734	2.4953 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,369	2.4928 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		42,382	2.5088 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		46,306	2.5261 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		113,712	2.5238 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		128,979	2.5182 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		74	2.4853 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		632	2.5259 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		845	2.4869 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,345	2.4990 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,564	2.4865 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,754	2.4946 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		5,856	2.5257 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,254	2.5014 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		7,495	2.4986 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,663	2.4907 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,734	2.4953 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,467	2.4903 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		42,382	2.5088 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		42,655	2.5174 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		63,320	2.5248 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		417	2.4780 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		424	2.4820 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,420	2.4885 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,786	2.4941 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,421	2.4978 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,704	2.5260 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		21,382	2.4964 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		27,859	2.4967 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		47,012	2.4961 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		100,000	2.4912 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:				18 May 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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