Rule 8.3 - DEBTMATTERS 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 DEBTMATTERS GROUP
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 01 october 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 956,188 3.51% 0 0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives 0 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 956,188 3.51% 0 0.00%
(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 10,000 .1945
Purchase 7,387 .1895
Purchase 4,000 .2040
Purchase 3,000 .2680
Purchase 10,449 .1893
Purchase 4,705 .2125
Purchase 2,000 .2533
Purchase 10,000 .2100
Purchase 4,000 .2125
Purchase 3,500 .2400
Purchase 4,000 .2130
Purchase 4,761 .2075
Purchase 10,000 .2195
Purchase 2,000 .1820
Purchase 1,500 .2100
Purchase 1,000 .2370
Purchase 2,000 .2040
Purchase 8,000 .2140
Purchase 10,000 .2050
Purchase 20,000 .2175
Purchase 5,414 .1825
Purchase 346 .2195
Purchase 500 .2745
Purchase 5,000 .1840
Purchase 1,802 .2774
Sale 3,500 .1800
Sale 1,802 .1802
Sale 20,000 .2755
Sale 416 .2610
Sale 3,000 .1900
Sale 4,000 .2300
Sale 20,000 .2610
Sale 701 .2015
Sale 4,000 .1802
Sale 4,000 .2225
Sale 7,000 .2610
Sale 2,500 .2500
Sale 5,000 .1800
Sale 5,000 .2500
Sale 655 .2610
Sale 3,500 .1800
Sale 2,500 .2700
Sale 1,000 .2015
Sale 20,000 .2700
Sale 10,000 .2500
Sale 3,500 .1900
Sale 700 .2610
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
securities Units
(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 02 october 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)