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 13 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 1,858,255 0.81% 1,117,947 0.49%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,068,938 0.47% 236,690 0.10%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,927,193 1.27% 1,354,637 0.59%
(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 3,061 6.1052
Purchase 448 6.1225
Purchase 572 6.0999
Purchase 624 6.0999
Purchase 959 6.1000
Purchase 1,046 6.1000
Purchase 1,948 6.0906
Purchase 2,002 6.1083
Purchase 2,800 6.1094
Purchase 3,748 6.1029
Purchase 4,344 6.1038
Purchase 12,412 6.0999
Purchase 5,088 6.0987
Purchase 6,912 6.1036
Purchase 8,006 6.1012
Purchase 12,310 6.1093
Purchase 20,817 6.1000
Purchase 15,146 6.1009
Sale 365 6.1075
Sale 448 6.1250
Sale 41,927 6.1045
Sale 29,991 6.1027
Sale 848 6.1000
Sale 2,258 6.1128
Sale 1,938 6.0988
Sale 4,938 6.1074
Sale 365 6.1075
Sale 195,563 6.0909
Sale 5,475 6.1032
Sale 993 6.1073
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 195563 6.0908
CFD Long 1938 6.0987
CFD Short 6912 6.1036
CFD Short 12310 6.1093
(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 14 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)