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 01 April 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 1,783,744 0.78% 606,799 0.26%
securities
(2) Derivatives 556,581 0.24% 493,641 0.21%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,340,325 1.02% 1,100,440 0.48%
(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 12,337 6.1112
Purchase 1,820 6.100
Purchase 3,915 6.0965
Purchase 4,272 6.0965
Purchase 36,203 6.100
Purchase 84,990 6.0965
Purchase 2,331 6.1025
Purchase 2,331 6.1025
Purchase 25,076 6.1361
Purchase 12,378 6.1331
Purchase 747 6.0843
Purchase 898 6.1893
Purchase 27,288 6.1115
Purchase 1,668 6.100
Purchase 12,604 6.1051
Purchase 8,499 6.1250
Purchase 49,073 6.13245
Sale 62,353 6.1275
Sale 2,331 6.1025
Sale 11,567 6.1237
Sale 33 6.1242
Sale 9,165 6.1299
Sale 19,351 6.1166
Sale 15,874 6.1190
Sale 28,024 6.1342
Sale 600 6.125
Sale 2,331 6.1025
Sale 2,456 6.095
Sale 1,578 6.1206
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 600 6.125
CFD Long 28024 6.1342
(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 06 April 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)