Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

RNS Number : 6458K

Barclays PLC

06 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:

05 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:

2,547,072

0.41%

8,742,472

1.42%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

15,442,649

2.51%

2,130,390

0.35%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

17,989,721

2.93%

10,872,862

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		2.5180 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		94		2.5220 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		138		2.5029 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		189		2.5160 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		253		2.4443 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		271		2.4600 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		434		2.5280 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		493		2.5080 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		813		2.5000 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,009		2.4520 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		1,988		2.5199 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,087		2.4902 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,696		2.4736 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		2,996		2.5063 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,186		2.4968 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		3,845		2.4852 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		9,253		2.4742 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		10,300		2.4995 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		29,133		2.4400 GBP
5p ordinary		Purchase		70,219		2.4538 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		446		2.5040 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		472		2.4880 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		493		2.4800 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		579		2.5200 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		840		2.5100 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,015		2.4714 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,033		2.5071 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,101		2.4713 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,623		2.4990 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,663		2.4696 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,846		2.5026 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,183		2.5103 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,347		2.4818 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		2,814		2.4791 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		3,907		2.5020 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,252		2.4400 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		4,651		2.5032 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		5,144		2.4997 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,001		2.4982 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		6,035		2.4745 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		8,718		2.4971 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		10,721		2.4820 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		27,730		2.5047 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		43,439		2.5028 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		885	2.5099 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		1,101	2.4713 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,183	2.5103 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		2,214	2.5153 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		4,252	2.4400 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		7,115	2.4797 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Long		7,878	2.4890 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		9,422	2.4981 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		15,251	2.4975 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		16,243	2.5150 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Long		26,845	2.5046 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		27	2.5080 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		248	2.5366 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		2,087	2.4902 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Short		4,488	2.4401 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,626	2.4996 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		7,739	2.4401 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		8,543	2.4989 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Short		48,877	2.4471 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:				6 May 2022
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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