Rule 8.3 - CARPETRIGHT
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 CARPETRIGHT
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.01
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 10 August 2007
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 1,469,827 2.16% 181,204 0.27
securities
(2) Derivatives 573,850 0.84% 417,283 0.61%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,043,677 3.01% 598,487 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
(GBP)
Purchase 1,848 12.9013
Purchase 8,825 12.8388
Purchase 7,739 12.9863
Purchase 11,656 12.2024
Purchase 6,689 12.4670
Purchase 5,133 12.2024
Purchase 1,053 12.7564
Purchase 2,369 12.1924
Purchase 2,356 12.8659
Purchase 1,964 11.9000
Purchase 7,797 12.8017
Purchase 2,032 12.5039
Sale 2,354 12.9906
Sale 9,248 12.6003
Sale 8,154 13.1185
Sale 5,331 12.4856
Sale 11,100 12.9139
Sale 5,708 12.8400
Sale 895 12.5857
Sale 5,274 12.5031
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 1964 11.9
CFD Short 4777 12.1801
CFD Short 2369 12.1924
CFD Short 16789 12.2024
CFD Short 10051 12.2994
CFD Short 3490 12.4328
CFD Short 6689 12.467
CFD Short 2032 12.5039
CFD Short 1053 12.7563
CFD Short 7797 12.8016
CFD Short 8825 12.8387
CFD Short 2356 12.8659
CFD Short 1848 12.9012
CFD Short 7739 12.9862
CFD Long 5331 12.4855
CFD Long 5274 12.5031
CFD Long 3106 12.5829
CFD Long 895 12.5856
CFD Long 9248 12.6002
CFD Long 5708 12.84
CFD Long 11100 12.9139
CFD Long 2354 12.9906
CFD Long 8154 13.1185
(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 13 August 2007
Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
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)