Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 6182G

Barclays PLC

30 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:				29 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:		2,263,626	0.37%	7,743,521	1.26%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			7,561,679	1.23%	2,172,979	0.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		9,825,305	1.60%	9,916,500	1.61%

(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		6		2.3894 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		83		2.4400 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		206		2.3770 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		244		2.4360 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		295		2.3800 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		618		2.3827 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		720		2.3764 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		750		2.4420 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,157		2.3871 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,012		2.3893 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,085		2.4409 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		11,160		2.4207 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		11,363		2.4029 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		16,216		2.4326 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		17,862		2.3920 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		40,566		2.4139 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1		2.3820 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3		2.3940 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		100		2.3760 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		143		2.4200 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		208		2.3770 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		618		2.3827 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		713		2.4441 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		769		2.4024 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,269		2.3828 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,665		2.4437 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,761		2.3696 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,000		2.3800 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,284		2.4166 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,674		2.4057 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		7,663		2.4156 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,121		2.4169 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,319		2.4439 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		17,862		2.3920 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		26,726		2.4268 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		33,615		2.4146 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		238,831		2.4440 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		100	2.3759 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		100	2.4339 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		165	2.4172 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		205	2.3697 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		424	2.4060 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		847	2.3738 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		852	2.3936 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,269	2.3828 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		1,665	2.4437 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,556	2.3696 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,947	2.4035 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,250	2.4057 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		5,289	2.4301 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		5,748	2.4058 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,956	2.4169 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,905	2.4439 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		25,177	2.4065 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		29,105	2.4440 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		220,852	2.4440 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,405	2.4002 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,253	2.3921 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,361	2.4136 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,546	2.3941 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		5,303	2.4072 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,505	2.3955 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		17,860	2.4015 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		36,415	2.4371 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:				30 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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