Rule 8.3 - BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP
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 BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.60
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 24 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 1,959,888 0.85% 485,652 0.21%
securities
(2) Derivatives 385,848 0.17% 743,917 0.32%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,345,736 1.02% 1,229,569 0.54%
(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 12,107 5.7165
Purchase 722 5.6850
Purchase 886 5.6859
Purchase 965 5.6850
Purchase 1,102 5.6700
Purchase 2,549 5.6760
Purchase 2,600 5.7410
Purchase 3,018 5.7449
Purchase 3,432 5.7134
Purchase 4,939 5.7052
Purchase 10,700 5.6066
Purchase 104,873 5.6651
Purchase 14,950 5.6500
Purchase 16,258 5.7109
Purchase 44,850 5.6751
Purchase 85,057 5.7270
Purchase 64,504 5.5926
Purchase 59,242 5.7177
Purchase 18,492 5.6800
Purchase 29,481 5.5926
Purchase 29,392 5.7273
Sale 1,619 5.6795
Sale 92,458 5.6679
Sale 790 5.6907
Sale 19,528 5.7020
Sale 930 5.6700
Sale 70,100 5.6943
Sale 2,549 5.6755
Sale 13,072 5.6506
Sale 7,533 5.6743
Sale 27,215 5.7174
Sale 28,759 5.7238
Sale 35,050 5.6869
Sale 600 5.7225
Sale 4,682 5.7754
Sale 1,030 5.6956
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 2549 5.6754
CFD Long 35050 5.6868
CFD Long 70100 5.6943
CFD Long 600 5.7225
CFD Long 4682 5.7753
CFD Short 886 5.6859
CFD Short 4939 5.7051
CFD Short 3432 5.7134
CFD Short 59242 5.7177
CFD Short 2600 5.7409
Swap Short 236000 5.6562
(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 25 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)