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 26 September 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 1,567,437 2.31% 249,339 0.37%
securities
(2) Derivatives 249,339 0.37% 168,355 0.25%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 1,816,776 2.67% 417,694 0.61%
(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 6,041 11.0100
Purchase 300 10.4017
Purchase 117 10.4266
Purchase 2,988 10.7030
Purchase 747 10.5215
Purchase 352 10.3056
Purchase 2,459 10.4432
Purchase 200 10.4800
Purchase 1,205 10.6320
Purchase 300 10.4017
Purchase 300 10.4000
Purchase 859 11.0100
Purchase 3,806 10.6039
Purchase 5,859 10.3524
Purchase 1,205 10.6320
Sale 859 11.0100
Sale 1,777 10.3867
Sale 6,041 11.0100
Sale 859 11.0100
Sale 2,772 10.4861
Sale 3,468 10.3545
Sale 462 10.3190
Sale 997 10.3781
Sale 1,205 10.6320
Sale 6,041 11.0100
Sale 404 10.3200
Sale 300 10.4017
Sale 2,583 10.4659
Sale 2,643 10.5496
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 352 10.3055
CFD Short 5859 10.3523
CFD Short 300 10.4
CFD Short 300 10.4017
CFD Short 117 10.4265
CFD Short 2459 10.4431
CFD Short 200 10.48
CFD Short 747 10.5214
CFD Short 3806 10.6038
CFD Short 1205 10.632
CFD Short 2988 10.703
CFD Long 462 10.3189
CFD Long 404 10.32
CFD Long 3468 10.3544
CFD Long 997 10.3781
CFD Long 1777 10.3866
CFD Long 2583 10.4659
CFD Long 2772 10.486
CFD Long 2643 10.5495
(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 27 September 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)