Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 4880F

Barclays PLC

21 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:				18 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:		2,929,017	0.48%	7,948,693	1.29%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			7,375,817	1.20%	2,379,070	0.39%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		10,304,834	1.68%	10,327,763	1.68%

(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		19		2.3740 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		36		2.3579 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		355		2.3560 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		657		2.3800 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		680		2.3540 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		758		2.3620 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		767		2.3582 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		938		2.3728 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		941		2.3635 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,189		2.3587 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,389		2.3612 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,455		2.3660 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,711		2.3743 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,906		2.3651 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,226		2.3682 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,253		2.3627 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,800		2.3559 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,292		2.3617 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,806		2.3637 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		2.3720 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,060		2.3572 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,179		2.3616 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,803		2.3645 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,969		2.3594 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		14,293		2.3762 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		27,590		2.3602 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		67,315		2.3908 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		108,006		2.4002 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		139,859		2.4040 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10		2.3600 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		49		2.4017 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		86		2.3542 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		355		2.3560 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		902		2.3840 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,590		2.3606 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,083		2.3707 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,000		2.3720 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,760		2.4041 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		14,183		2.3892 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		18,848		2.3660 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		105,354		2.3930 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		126,994		2.4040 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		501,370		2.4016 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		11	2.3559 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		59	2.3944 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		86	2.3542 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,155	2.3673 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,571	2.3820 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,083	2.3707 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,304	2.3611 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,982	2.4039 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,238	2.3652 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		14,855	2.3558 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		93,790	2.4040 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		118,042	2.4033 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		125,895	2.4006 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		247,228	2.4028 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2	2.3598 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		19	2.3742 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		34	2.3578 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		48	2.3585 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		73	2.3596 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		111	2.3636 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		132	2.3588 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		144	2.3540 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		536	2.3621 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		653	2.3560 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		758	2.3620 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		767	2.3582 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		830	2.3635 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,393	2.3616 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,638	2.3749 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,774	2.3656 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,334	2.3622 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,571	2.3820 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,244	2.3617 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,131	2.4040 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,440	2.3641 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,969	2.3594 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,164	2.3915 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		12,742	2.3609 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		14,293	2.3762 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,328	2.3603 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		67,315	2.3908 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		132,255	2.4040 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:				21 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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