Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 6054I

Barclays PLC

19 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:				14 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:		2,183,347	0.36%	7,646,716	1.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			7,308,638	1.19%	2,017,736	0.33%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		9,491,985	1.55%	9,664,452	1.57%

(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		64	2.3122 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,290	2.3400 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,450	2.3336 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,530	2.3322 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,842	2.3228 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,716	2.3380 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,909	2.3289 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,057	2.3325 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,508	2.3318 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,883	2.3313 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,343	2.3232 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		39,601	2.3267 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		113,792	2.3320 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1	2.3200 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1	2.3060 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4	2.3400 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		13	2.3240 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		15	2.3040 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		31	2.2960 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		64	2.3122 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		87	2.2980 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		89	2.3050 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		122	2.3280 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		158	2.3080 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		912	2.3093 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,073	2.3334 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,261	2.3273 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,746	2.3368 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,728	2.3379 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,143	2.3380 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,162	2.3289 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		17,703	2.3283 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		22,723	2.3217 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		31,866	2.3320 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		13	2.3239 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		228	2.3354 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,885	2.3388 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,518	2.3370 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,575	2.3349 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		10,183	2.3320 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		11,681	2.3098 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		17,703	2.3283 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		18,204	2.3298 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		128	2.3280 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		417	2.3192 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,450	2.3336 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,897	2.3295 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,883	2.3313 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,917	2.3269 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11,659	2.3220 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,500	2.3255 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		20,011	2.3276 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		47,055	2.3320 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		68,421	2.3319 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:				19 Apr 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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