Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 7958G

Barclays PLC

31 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:

30 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:		2,227,850	0.36%	7,806,925	1.27%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
			7,637,132	1.24%	2,152,281	0.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:		0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:		9,864,982	1.61%	9,959,206	1.62%

(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		100		2.3980 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		279		2.3640 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		299		2.3756 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		501		2.3620 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,113		2.3652 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,444		2.3835 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,603		2.3720 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,780		2.3717 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,212		2.3752 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		5,119		2.3764 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		8,486		2.3680 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		10,608		2.3690 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		26,182		2.3889 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		45,767		2.3658 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		293		2.3480 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		597		2.3611 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		688		2.3660 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		939		2.3791 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		998		2.3556 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,096		2.3652 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,264		2.3617 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,778		2.3685 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,158		2.3599 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,206		2.3720 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,924		2.3699 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,245		2.3608 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		9,475		2.3627 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		16,338		2.3701 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		19,673		2.3662 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		21,949		2.3787 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		30,225		2.3700 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		84,827		2.3746 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		300	2.3659 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		388	2.3660 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		662	2.4678 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		767	2.3719 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		942	2.4167 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		2,969	2.3489 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		4,737	2.3997 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		6,245	2.3608 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		10,527	2.3700 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		12,091	2.3858 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		13,782	2.3699 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		17,845	2.3800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		75,812	2.3700 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		100	2.3980 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		299	2.3756 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,113	2.3652 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		1,588	2.3769 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,097	2.4280 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,453	2.3951 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		3,509	2.3859 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		6,051	2.3696 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		9,483	2.3773 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		24,223	2.3789 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:				31 Mar 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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