Rule 8.3 - BRIT INSURANCE HOLDINGS
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 BRIT INSURANCE HOLDINGS
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.75
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 18 June 2009
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 16,030,100 5.11% 54,457 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 5,124 0.00% 2,723,531 0.87%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 403,083 0.13% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 16,438,307 5.24% 2,777,988 0.88%
(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
Purchase 315 1.7928
Purchase 67,223 1.7505
Purchase 25,408 1.7672
Purchase 24,288 1.7651
Purchase 517 1.7650
Sale 1,445 1.7501
Sale 1,095 1.7463
Sale 576 1.7463
Sale 555 1.7463
Sale 385 1.7498
Sale 383 1.7463
Sale 348 1.7510
Sale 337 1.7500
Sale 1,474 1.7512
Sale 315 1.7500
Sale 2,156 1.7512
Sale 201 1.7498
Sale 194 1.7498
Sale 132 1.7498
Sale 94 1.7463
Sale 87 1.7463
Sale 31 1.7498
Sale 331 1.7511
Sale 6,444 1.7498
Sale 186,323 1.7530
Sale 72,295 1.7513
Sale 70,081 1.7501
Sale 24,021 1.7645
Sale 22,643 1.7574
Sale 22,488 1.7513
Sale 21,803 1.7501
Sale 20,262 1.7497
Sale 2,004 1.7498
Sale 9,577 1.7755
Sale 27 1.7498
Sale 5,685 1.7463
Sale 4,338 1.7513
Sale 4,200 1.7501
Sale 3,225 1.7515
Sale 2,240 1.7512
Sale 2,186 1.7501
Sale 1,200,000 1.7725
Sale 2,104 1.7501
Sale 18,269 1.7463
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 20262 1.7497
CFD Long 3225 1.7514
CFD Long 24021 1.7644
CFD Short 3661 1.732
CFD Short 67223 1.7504
CFD Short 25408 1.7671
CFD Short 28745 1.7679
CFD Short 1756 1.7681
CFD Short 315 1.7927
(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 June 2009
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)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk