Rule 8.3 - ARRIVA
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 ARRIVA
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.05
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 17 March 2010
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 4,036,092 2.03% 0 0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives 3,219 0.00% 1,275,882 0.64%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,039,311 2.03% 1,275,882 0.64%
(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 3,200 6.8650
Purchase 57,250 6.6100
Purchase 46,866 6.5900
Purchase 29,090 6.3515
Purchase 1,250,000 6.4823
Purchase 18,556 6.7237
Purchase 60 6.7500
Purchase 12,795 6.6294
Purchase 10,100 6.8065
Purchase 57,250 6.5968
Purchase 4,568 5.7463
Purchase 24,119 6.7350
Purchase 2,999 6.8161
Purchase 2,701 6.8107
Purchase 2,701 6.8101
Purchase 1,858 5.7463
Purchase 1,385 5.7579
Purchase 844 5.7463
Purchase 300 6.7900
Purchase 174 6.8150
Purchase 5,973 6.8425
Purchase 250,000 6.8553
Purchase 17,337 6.6655
Purchase 250,000 6.6200
Purchase 131,827 6.8242
Purchase 250,000 6.8291
Purchase 850,000 6.4600
Purchase 250,000 6.8553
Purchase 1,000,000 6.4811
Purchase 1,000,000 6.4811
Purchase 1,000,000 6.4811
Purchase 1,000,000 6.4908
Purchase 150,000 6.4600
Sale 1,039 6.5100
Sale 5,183 6.6274
Sale 2,701 6.8101
Sale 1,124 6.7700
Sale 9,087 6.5831
Sale 1,000,000 6.4811
Sale 3,232 5.7917
Sale 3,378 6.6433
Sale 494 6.5000
Sale 1,000,000 6.4811
Sale 209 6.8355
Sale 1,000,000 6.4811
Sale 850,000 6.4600
Sale 250,000 6.6200
Sale 75,000 6.8437
Sale 60,339 6.6349
Sale 60,000 6.8302
Sale 57,250 6.6100
Sale 150,000 6.4600
Sale 243,697 6.4618
Sale 39,451 6.4582
Sale 250,000 6.8291
Sale 26,804 6.6589
Sale 5,549 6.6427
Sale 250,000 6.8291
Sale 16,555 6.2800
Sale 12,634 6.6474
Sale 12,596 6.6449
Sale 10,603 6.8236
Sale 10,555 6.5923
Sale 8,865 6.5195
Sale 5,585 6.5014
Sale 250,000 6.8553
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3232 5.7916
CFD Long 16555 6.28
CFD Short 17337 6.6655
CFD Short 300 6.79
CFD Short 10100 6.8064
CFD Short 2701 6.8107
CFD Short 3200 6.865
Swap Long 1000000 6.4974
Swap Short 2000000 6.4974
(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 18 March 2010
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)