Rule 8.3 - EXPRO INTERNATIONAL 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 EXPRO INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 29 February 2008
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 2,898,363 2.62% 160,097 0.14%
securities
(2) Derivatives 173,512 0.16% 482,310 0.44%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,071,875 2.78% 642,407 0.58%
(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 291 12.5900
Purchase 2,791 11.9228
Purchase 1,226 12.5900
Purchase 175 12.5900
Purchase 409 12.1520
Purchase 48,600 11.8498
Purchase 43,936 10.8733
Purchase 279 12.5900
Purchase 2,644 12.5919
Purchase 2,130 12.5900
Purchase 22,118 12.2529
Purchase 1,551 11.8852
Sale 4,086 9.2528
Sale 6,112 9.5242
Sale 2,791 9.5982
Sale 5,944 9.7195
Sale 6,387 11.0395
Sale 17,897 10.0791
Sale 47,250 10.7357
Sale 1,590 10.0469
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 43936 10.8732
CFD Short 48600 11.8497
CFD Short 1551 11.8852
CFD Short 2791 11.9227
CFD Short 409 12.152
CFD Short 22118 12.2528
CFD Short 2644 12.5918
CFD Long 1590 10.0468
CFD Long 17897 10.0791
CFD Long 46085 10.7729
CFD Long 6387 11.0395
CFD Long 4086 9.2527
CFD Long 1165 9.2654
CFD Long 2279 9.2829
CFD Long 6112 9.5241
CFD Long 2791 9.5981
CFD Long 5944 9.7194
(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 03 March 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
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