Rule 8.3 - ALPHAMERIC
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 ALPHAMERIC
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.025
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 10 October 2007
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 4,163,791 3.14% 0 0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,163,791 3.14% 0 0.00%
(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 3,000 .2931
Purchase 991 .2522
Purchase 7,928 .2977
Purchase 1,092 .2622
Purchase 314 .2781
Purchase 4,000 .2525
Purchase 10,000 .2850
Purchase 1,256 .2717
Purchase 1,795 .2785
Purchase 5,386 .1825
Purchase 10,000 .2550
Purchase 519 .1686
Purchase 11,665 .1700
Purchase 6,688 .2691
Purchase 10,000 .3000
Purchase 1,000 .2900
Purchase 500 .2525
Purchase 10,570 .2838
Purchase 2,733 .1795
Purchase 3,490 .2828
Purchase 1,889 .2780
Purchase 6,578 .2850
Purchase 11,000 .2788
Purchase 3,000 .2700
Purchase 3,000 .2691
Purchase 35,182 .1900
Purchase 4,000v .2525
Sale 10,570 .2651
Sale 991 .2848
Sale 16,155 .2898
Sale 2,733 .2647
Sale 6,666 .2638
Sale 2,000 .2743
Sale 4,000 .2710
Sale 3,785 .2697
Sale 11,000 .2870
Sale 1,795 .2550
Sale 10,000 .2720
Sale 2,500 .2450
Sale 2,115 .2524
Sale 3,000 .2910
Sale 7,416 .2697
Sale 6,042 .2730
Sale 10,000 .2540
Sale 1,990 .2513
Sale 6,688 .2651
Sale 41,582 .2550
Sale 10,000 .2940
Sale 10,000 .1725
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(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
None
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 11 October 2007
Contact name Geoff Smith
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