Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 4932K

Barclays PLC

05 May 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:

04 May 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:

2,532,529

0.41%

8,728,282

1.42%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

15,426,560

2.51%

2,128,055

0.35%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

17,959,089

2.92%

10,856,337

1.77%

(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		9		2.5000 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9		2.4960 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		421		2.4849 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		895		2.4893 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,350		2.4955 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,476		2.4865 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,971		2.4938 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,160		2.4883 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		4,251		2.4933 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		8,591		2.4920 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		13,248		2.4940 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		17,499		2.4908 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		20,526		2.4882 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		79		2.4956 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		909		2.4858 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,344		2.4801 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,808		2.4930 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,924		2.4979 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,111		2.4896 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,033		2.4925 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,261		2.4933 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		11,862		2.4928 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		12,862		2.4940 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		13,519		2.4917 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		47,114		2.4929 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		188,344		2.5780 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		2,178	2.4939 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,924	2.4979 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		3,925	2.4918 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,059	2.4898 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,004	2.4914 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		8,876	2.4948 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		9,406	2.4867 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		10,540	2.4940 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		11,862	2.4928 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		21,692	2.4933 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		421	2.4849 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		812	2.4940 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		2,229	2.4940 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,557	2.4890 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		4,583	2.4948 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		12,945	2.4852 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		17,499	2.4908 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:				5 May 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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