Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 5438J

Barclays PLC

27 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:

26 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:

2,178,169

0.35%

7,897,624

1.29%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

7,588,250

1.24%

2,106,502

0.34%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

9,766,419

1.59%

10,004,126

1.63%

(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		1	2.3737 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		18	2.3360 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		280	2.3960 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		467	2.3800 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		467	2.3799 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		493	2.3940 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		915	2.4360 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		996	2.3780 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,140	2.3568 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,936	2.4413 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,966	2.5070 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,698	2.3791 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,868	2.4232 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,484	2.3944 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,664	2.4208 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,000	2.4460 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		7,053	2.3436 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		11,572	2.3957 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		12,482	2.3596 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,608	2.4450 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		18,254	2.3300 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		40,021	2.3196 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		44,996	2.4178 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		418	2.3990 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		467	2.3800 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		836	2.4300 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,556	2.4475 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,705	2.4525 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,797	2.4325 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,193	2.3881 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,384	2.4880 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,352	2.4392 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,253	2.3300 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,000	2.4460 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,238	2.3965 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,919	2.4370 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,903	2.3301 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		14,134	2.4102 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		16,762	2.4567 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		23,986	2.4066 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		26,132	2.3797 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		45,632	2.4298 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		45,669	2.4041 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		190,824	2.4125 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		440	2.4039 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,193	2.3881 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,779	2.4341 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,488	2.4333 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		4,682	2.3364 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,646	2.3994 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,920	2.3981 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		45,192	2.4301 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		59,130	2.4102 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		74,191	2.4109 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		113,015	2.4136 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		363	2.3375 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,055	2.3914 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,866	2.3645 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,325	2.3850 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,998	2.3352 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,127	2.3701 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		9,860	2.3808 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,789	2.4560 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		17,558	2.4444 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		26,543	2.3300 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:				27 Apr 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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