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 17 December 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 1,446,065 2.13% 77,111 0.11%
securities
(2) Derivatives 67,603 0.10% 75,334 0.11%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 1,513,668 2.23% 152,445 0.22%
(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 1,271 10.4600
Purchase 16,410 10.7436
Purchase 7,246 10.4335
Purchase 1,204 10.6749
Purchase 17,843 10.7232
Purchase 1,818 10.4229
Purchase 446 10.2117
Purchase 7,246 10.4335
Purchase 446 10.2117
Purchase 4,657 10.7171
Purchase 2,371 10.5359
Purchase 668 10.3554
Purchase 1,204 10.6749
Purchase 47 10.8121
Purchase 162 10.7300
Purchase 11,801 10.8962
Purchase 2,342 10.3562
Sale 11,801 10.8962
Sale 4,657 10.7171
Sale 162 10.7280
Sale 1,204 10.6736
Sale 1,271 10.4590
Sale 16,410 10.7436
Sale 668 10.3534
Sale 7,246 10.4335
Sale 47 10.8100
Sale 7,426 10.6612
Sale 2,371 10.5339
Sale 17,843 10.7232
Sale 1,204 10.6749
Sale 1,818 10.4218
Sale 4,657 10.7171
Sale 446 10.2117
Sale 1,204 10.6749
Sale 2,342 10.3562
Sale 17,843 10.7232
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 446 10.2117
CFD Short 668 10.3553
CFD Short 2342 10.3561
CFD Short 1818 10.4228
CFD Short 2371 10.5359
CFD Short 383 10.6612
CFD Short 1271 10.7
CFD Short 47 10.8121
CFD Long 1271 10.4589
CFD Long 1204 10.6735
CFD Long 4657 10.717
CFD Long 162 10.7279
CFD Long 16410 10.7435
(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 18 December 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)