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 07 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 24,661,247 5.12% 2,414,083 0.50%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,972,208 0.41% 961,110 0.20%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 26,633,455 5.53% 3,375,193 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 4,860 3.4052
Purchase 483 3.4100
Purchase 2,700 3.4003
Purchase 2,784 3.4034
Purchase 3,564 3.4020
Purchase 9,003 3.4038
Purchase 10,155 3.4006
Purchase 22,443 3.3981
Purchase 18,358 3.3775
Purchase 25,641 3.3700
Sale 445 3.4900
Sale 460 3.4030
Sale 890 3.4016
Sale 1,027 3.4025
Sale 1,912 3.3030
Sale 2,570 3.3030
Sale 5,010 3.3914
Sale 2,801 3.4018
Sale 15,312 3.3955
Sale 394 3.3775
Sale 21,350 3.3774
Sale 25,641 3.3700
Sale 8,575 3.3808
Sale 18,607 3.3976
Sale 10,886 3.3998
Sale 25,641 3.3775
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 394 3.3775
CFD Long 8575 3.3807
CFD Long 5010 3.3913
CFD Long 15312 3.3954
CFD Long 49769 3.3981
CFD Short 26200 3.3775
CFD Short 31029 3.3828
CFD Short 2700 3.4003
CFD Short 9003 3.4038
CFD Short 4860 3.4052
CFD Short 23442 3.4053
CFD Short 14106 3.4073
(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 08 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)