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 18 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 2,010,162 1.01% 0 0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives 3,219 0.00% 230,122 0.12%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,013,381 1.01% 230,122 0.12%
(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 40,328 6.9198
Purchase 4,646 6.9230
Purchase 10,408 6.9020
Purchase 11,949 7.0295
Purchase 12,000 7.0731
Purchase 15,610 6.9286
Purchase 16,645 6.8652
Purchase 938 7.0800
Purchase 33,517 6.9838
Purchase 100,000 6.9598
Purchase 300,000 6.9257
Purchase 230,000 6.9231
Purchase 250,000 6.9546
Purchase 100,000 6.9260
Purchase 20,000 6.9021
Sale 19,096 7.0061
Sale 974 7.0161
Sale 1,069 6.9493
Sale 1,538 6.8175
Sale 2,491 6.9170
Sale 5,867 7.0984
Sale 8,600 6.9162
Sale 300,000 6.9257
Sale 300,000 6.9257
Sale 12,000 7.0725
Sale 250,000 6.9546
Sale 20,000 6.9021
Sale 20,000 6.9021
Sale 230,000 6.9231
Sale 1,000,000 6.4811
Sale 49,256 7.0035
Sale 71,080 6.8187
Sale 100,000 6.9260
Sale 100,000 6.9260
Sale 100,000 6.9598
Sale 230,000 6.9231
Sale 100,000 6.9598
Sale 250,000 6.9546
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 71080 6.8187
CFD Long 1069 6.9492
CFD Long 5867 7.0983
CFD Short 4646 6.923
CFD Short 15610 6.9286
CFD Short 12000 7.0731
(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 19 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)