Rule 8.3 - FIRSTGROUP
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 FIRSTGROUP
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.05
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 02 July 2009
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 24,186,694 5.02% 2,460,597 0.51%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,088,783 0.43% 918,538 0.19%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 26,275,477 5.45% 3,379,135 0.70%
(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 7,542 3.4525
Purchase 67,524 3.4922
Purchase 47,500 3.5185
Purchase 1,123 3.5625
Purchase 1,200 3.5131
Purchase 1,464 3.4662
Purchase 11,350 3.5288
Purchase 10,460 3.4893
Purchase 9,937 3.4886
Purchase 5,079 3.5288
Purchase 5,098 3.4971
Sale 1,052 3.5070
Sale 2,500 3.4800
Sale 5,405 3.4525
Sale 6,518 3.4525
Sale 6,607 3.4891
Sale 421 3.5500
Sale 7,542 3.4525
Sale 70,515 3.5028
Sale 8,565 3.4778
Sale 12,688 3.5028
Sale 14,181 3.4769
Sale 14,900 3.5400
Sale 19,441 3.5028
Sale 20,035 3.5400
Sale 6,700 3.5045
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 14181 3.4768
CFD Long 2500 3.48
CFD Long 6607 3.489
CFD Long 214928 3.4922
CFD Long 6700 3.5045
CFD Long 1052 3.5069
CFD Long 15258 3.5198
CFD Long 8460 3.5246
CFD Short 9937 3.4885
CFD Short 5098 3.4971
CFD Short 1200 3.5131
CFD Short 47500 3.5184
(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 July 2009
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)