Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 1128J

Barclays PLC

22 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:

21 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:

2,159,733

0.35%

7,595,249

1.24%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

7,305,120

1.19%

2,059,273

0.34%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

9,464,853

1.54%

9,654,522

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		174	2.4019 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		617	2.4250 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		619	2.4091 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,039	2.4070 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,328	2.4220 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,060	2.4138 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,718	2.4199 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		10,510	2.4316 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		16,159	2.4191 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		28,036	2.4188 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		14	2.4080 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		443	2.4100 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,030	2.4260 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,034	2.4180 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,039	2.4070 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,316	2.4092 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,390	2.4200 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,052	2.4359 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,532	2.4220 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,817	2.4245 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,076	2.4366 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,890	2.4288 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,099	2.4140 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,366	2.4224 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,070	2.4258 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		15,031	2.4184 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		33,264	2.4206 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		10	2.4300 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		635	2.4293 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,530	2.4140 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,162	2.4336 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,289	2.4139 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,070	2.4258 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,168	2.4195 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		15,031	2.4184 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		22,677	2.4213 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8	2.4100 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		174	2.4020 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		251	2.4209 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		619	2.4091 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,604	2.4199 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,651	2.4183 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,676	2.4196 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		14,989	2.4178 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		16,159	2.4191 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:				22 Apr 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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