Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 1590F

Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:		3,344,378	0.54%	7,974,930	1.30%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			7,344,345	1.20%	2,641,779	0.43%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		10,688,723	1.74%	10,616,709	1.73%

(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		74		2.3360 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		536		2.3140 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		952		2.3029 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,222		2.3085 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,296		2.2880 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		2.2920 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,319		2.3121 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,741		2.3221 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		8,009		2.3153 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		11,824		2.3100 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		18,182		2.3145 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		25,723		2.3187 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		28,172		2.3207 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		31,257		2.3116 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		37,253		2.3013 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		46,171		2.3214 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		137,638		2.3164 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		151,430		2.2982 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		183,682		2.3176 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		234,682		2.3220 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,241,557		2.3198 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		26		2.3060 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		50		2.2980 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		69		2.3288 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		585		2.3120 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		677		2.3110 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		797		2.3180 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,107		2.3020 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,089		2.3168 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,161		2.3173 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,270		2.3233 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,305		2.3052 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,064		2.3255 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,614		2.3200 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,348		2.3231 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,492		2.3234 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,117		2.3240 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,015		2.3077 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,153		2.3219 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,296		2.2907 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		14,380		2.3185 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		19,997		2.3135 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		23,356		2.3178 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		23,792		2.3216 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		29,420		2.3010 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		34,527		2.3188 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		41,668		2.3221 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		47,689		2.3186 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		49,923		2.3195 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		55,983		2.3161 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		60,509		2.3140 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		116,321		2.3150 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		119,566		2.3220 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		465,723		2.3214 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		576,010		2.3197 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		12	2.3179 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		26	2.3059 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		69	2.3288 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		600	2.3319 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,141	2.3219 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		9,259	2.3027 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,162	2.3091 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		19,898	2.3183 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		37,874	2.3220 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		41,792	2.3218 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		116,321	2.3150 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,505	2.3130 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,213	2.3138 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,009	2.3153 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		11,824	2.3100 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,164	2.3157 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,880	2.2863 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		18,182	2.3145 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		21,081	2.3177 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		21,373	2.3123 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		25,723	2.3187 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		28,172	2.3207 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		41,509	2.3228 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		43,683	2.3087 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		56,517	2.3179 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		107,747	2.2940 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		108,861	2.3141 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		207,406	2.3220 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:				17 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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