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 20 March 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 3,022,230 2.74% 292,657 0.27%
securities
(2) Derivatives 292,440 0.26% 452,983 0.41%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,314,670 3.00% 745,640 0.68%
(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 20,187 11.4529
Purchase 600 11.7319
Purchase 344 12.0000
Purchase 366 12.0000
Purchase 455 12.0000
Purchase 2,378 11.7326
Purchase 500 11.7300
Purchase 885 11.3000
Purchase 3,601 11.8296
Purchase 9,501 11.3300
Purchase 3,831 12.0000
Purchase 3,636 11.4048
Purchase 8,378 11.4048
Purchase 2,489 11.4048
Purchase 96 12.0000
Sale 4,180 11.9845
Sale 3,831 12.0000
Sale 9,501 11.3300
Sale 3,875 11.7641
Sale 1,963 11.4403
Sale 14,860 11.7020
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 20187 11.4529
CFD Short 500 11.73
CFD Short 600 11.7319
CFD Short 2378 11.7325
CFD Short 3601 11.8296
CFD Long 5077 11.3992
CFD Long 1963 11.4402
CFD Long 14860 11.7019
CFD Long 3875 11.7641
CFD Long 4180 11.9845
(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
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.
None
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 25 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