Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 2506G

Barclays PLC

28 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:

25 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:		2,687,859	0.44%	7,848,293	1.28%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			7,347,896	1.20%	2,269,224	0.37%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		10,035,755	1.63%	10,117,517	1.65%

(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		5		2.3072 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		681		2.3008 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		865		2.3030 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,107		2.3032 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,186		2.2942 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,324		2.3039 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,404		2.3052 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,711		2.3041 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,861		2.2992 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,875		2.3020 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,478		2.2990 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,052		2.3067 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		6,650		2.3062 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		10,754		2.3012 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		12,536		2.2993 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		25,484		2.2980 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		57,420		2.3034 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		296		2.3068 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,316		2.3044 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,633		2.2981 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,824		2.3049 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,928		2.2975 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,420		2.3055 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		20,020		2.2980 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		90,169		2.3005 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		15	2.2980 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,069	2.3037 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,486	2.3159 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,843	2.3073 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,018	2.2940 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,338	2.2997 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,030	2.3044 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		10,071	2.2979 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16,739	2.3009 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		63,359	2.3008 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		11	2.3014 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		16	2.2983 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		45	2.3084 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		47	2.3005 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		56	2.3030 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		62	2.2988 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		63	2.3087 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		67	2.3086 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		77	2.3040 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		78	2.3037 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		85	2.3021 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		93	2.3019 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		200	2.3020 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		201	2.2974 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		243	2.3034 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		301	2.2975 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		402	2.3025 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		443	2.3062 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		449	2.3090 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		456	2.2992 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		570	2.3029 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		706	2.3017 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,046	2.3042 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,186	2.2942 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,404	2.3052 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,324	2.3071 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,478	2.2990 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		3,361	2.3058 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,643	2.3059 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		4,945	2.2981 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,479	2.2980 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,481	2.3018 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,757	2.3036 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		10,754	2.3012 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		15,664	2.3026 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		16,003	2.3044 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		18,559	2.3047 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:				28 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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