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 GBP 0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 22 May 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 3,422,383 3.10% 23,699 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 23,482 0.02% 46,755 0.04%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,445,865 3.12% 70,454 0.06%
(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 2,477 15.4009
Purchase 2,063 15.3000
Purchase 18,789 15.3833
Purchase 4,662 15.3836
Purchase 1,087 15.3774
Purchase 4,160 15.3955
Purchase 9,024 15.3842
Purchase 1,266 15.3000
Purchase 1,800 15.4300
Sale 13,152 15.3847
Sale 5,637 15.3802
Sale 661 15.3900
Sale 1,028 15.3900
Sale 787 15.4100
Sale 117 15.4100
Sale 18,789 15.3834
Sale 6,929 15.3973
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1689 15.39
CFD Long 6929 15.3973
CFD Short 649 15.377
CFD Short 1087 15.3773
CFD Short 4662 15.3836
CFD Short 9024 15.3842
CFD Short 4160 15.3954
CFD Short 2477 15.4009
CFD Short 1800 15.43
(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 23 May 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