Rule 8.3 - CLOSE BROS 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 (Note 1) BARCLAYS PLC
Company dealt in CLOSE BROS GROUP
Class of relevant security to which the ORD GBP0.25
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 30 November 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 securities 6,891,335 4.64% 64,415 0.04%
(2) Derivatives (other 2,363,956 1.59% 1,613,199 1.09%
than options)
(3) Options and agreements 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
to purchase/sell
Total 9,255,291 6.23% 1,677,614 1.13%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of relevant Long Short
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 Price per unit (Note 5)
securities
Purchase 335 9.0090
Purchase 846 9.0517
Purchase 10,975 9.0038
Purchase 630 9.0111
Purchase 350 9.0097
Purchase 300 9.0095
Purchase 2,113 8.9974
Purchase 925 8.9944
Purchase 385 9.0045
Purchase 193,889 9.0152
Purchase 435 9.0095
Purchase 17,044 9.0024
Purchase 19,254 9.0116
Sale 1,263 9.0891
Sale 15,435 9.0100
Sale 96 9.0100
Sale 22,542 9.0157
Sale 5,155 9.0157
Sale 925 8.9944
Sale 1,088 9.0100
Sale 24 9.0100
Sale 1,065 9.0157
Sale 2,000 9.0012
Sale 5,123 9.0100
Sale 23 9.0100
Sale 630 9.0111
Sale 2,582 9.0100
Sale 1,761 9.0157
Sale 4,238 9.0157
Sale 6,648 9.0100
Sale 22,277 9.0555
Sale 1,490 9.0100
Sale 1,500 9.0050
Sale 42,592 9.0157
Sale 227,137 9.0157
Sale 13,323 9.0253
Sale 2,738 9.0100
Sale 5,369 9.0157
Sale 402 9.0100
Sale 3,497 9.0157
Sale 4,049 9.0100
Sale 1,083 9.0157
Sale 700 9.0900
Sale 1,756 9.0100
Sale 1,283 9.0157
Sale 600 8.9785
Sale 925 8.9944
Sale 3,384 8.9900
Sale 17,804 9.0157
Sale 254 9.0100
Sale 961 9.0100
Sale 1,103 9.0100
Sale 79 9.0100
Sale 1,065 9.0100
Sale 48,894 9.0157
Sale 10,441 9.0100
Sale 11,277 9.0157
NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date Purchase/Sale Number of Securities Price per unit (GBP)
29/11/2007 Purchase 497 8.8995
29/11/2007 Sale 2,274 9.2028
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Name Long/Short Number Of Securities Price Per Unit
CFD Short 9283 8.9882
CFD Short 2113 8.9973
CFD Short 17044 9.0024
CFD Short 10975 9.0038
CFD Short 2025 9.0105
CFD Short 19254 9.0115
CFD Short 193889 9.0152
CFD Short 846 9.0517
CFD Long 925 8.9944
CFD Long 1500 9.005
CFD Long 9514 9.0088
CFD Long 630 9.0111
CFD Long 13323 9.0253
CFD Long 1263 9.089
CFD Long 700 9.09
NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date Long/Short Number of Securities Price per unit (GBP)
29/11/2007 Short 497 8.8994
29/11/2007 Long 2,274 9.2028
(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
varying etc. relates (Note 7) (Note 5)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
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 03 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)