Rule 8.3 - ALLIANCE UNICHEM PLC
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in ALLIANCE UNICHEM PLC
Class of relevant security ORD GBP 0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 16 JUNE 2006
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 25,810,491 (7.14%) 23,674 (0.01%)
securities
(2) Derivatives 23,674 (0.01%) 107,666 (0.03%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 25,834,165 (7.14%) 131,340 (0.04%)
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number Number
(%) (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
(GBP)
Purchase 5,000 9.9350
Purchase 40,000 9.8637
Purchase 904 9.8750
Purchase 224 9.9838
Purchase 30,330 9.9745
Purchase 10,771 9.7118
Purchase 26,216 10.0193
Purchase 4,000 9.9110
Purchase 4,806 9.7845
Purchase 97 9.9900
Purchase 17,483 9.9922
Purchase 2,732 9.9851
Purchase 7,447 9.9743
Purchase 57,278 9.6627
Purchase 13,490 9.9876
Sale 1,000 10.0137
Sale 400 10.0060
Sale 450 9.9956
Sale 1,300 9.9731
Sale 17,109 9.9940
Sale 3,357 10.0275
Sale 4,856 9.8501
Sale 17,483 10.0074
Sale 8,481 9.9882
Sale 343 9.7826
Sale 400 9.9635
Sale 8,835 9.9766
Sale 10,671 9.6859
Sale 560 9.9090
Sale 36,956 10.0101
Sale 13,490 9.9780
Sale 9,464 10.0249
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price Per Unit
e.g. CFD (Note 6) Securities (Note (GBP)
7)
CFD Short 7447 9.97427958
CFD Long 3357 10.02749181
CFD Long 8835 9.97656819
CFD Short 17483 9.99222445
CFD Long 400 9.9635
CFD Long 17483 10.00738889
CFD Short 13490 9.9875997
CFD Long 13490 9.97800371
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 19 June 2006
Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk