Rule 8.3 - CORUS 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 BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in CORUS GROUP
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.50
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 19 January 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 41,562,770 4.39% 1,953,772 0.21%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,618,103 0.17% 946,168 0.10%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 1,501,500 0.16% 500 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 44,682,373 4.72% 2,900,440 0.31%
(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 5,700 5.4518
Purchase 1,700 5.4250
Purchase 175,000 5.4251
Purchase 7,078 5.4538
Purchase 250,000 5.4468
Purchase 150,000 5.4254
Purchase 34 5.3750
Sale 4,047 5.4463
Sale 3,308 5.4463
Sale 21,156 5.3815
Sale 2,361 5.4463
Sale 33,949 5.4439
Sale 3,416 5.4463
Sale 2,423 5.4200
Sale 4,000 5.4484
Sale 3,690 5.4200
Sale 150,000 5.4595
Sale 28,600 5.4493
Sale 4,522 5.4463
Sale 2,504 5.4463
Sale 3,017 5.4463
Sale 351,120 5.3767
Sale 351,120 5.3767
Sale 16,251 5.4180
Sale 2,117 5.4463
Sale 34,301 5.3815
Sale 39,310 5.3815
Sale 61,119 5.4463
Sale 31,740 5.4200
Sale 2,204 5.4463
Sale 2,887 5.4463
Sale 2,250 5.4463
Sale 6,530 5.4463
Sale 3,887 5.4463
Sale 4,498 5.4500
Sale 351,120 5.3767
Sale 1,397 5.4339
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Name Long/Short Number of Price per unit
securities
CFD Short 250000 5.4468
CFD Short 5700 5.4518
CFD Short 7078 5.4537
CFD Long 1397 5.4339
CFD Long 4000 5.4483
CFD Long 28600 5.4493
(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 (Note 5)
varying etc. relates (Note 7)
(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
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 22 January 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)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk