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 14 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 24,538,624 5.09% 2,326,967 0.48%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,956,121 0.41% 957,189 0.20%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 26,494,745 5.50% 3,284,156 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 5,482 3.4659
Purchase 3,228 3.4477
Purchase 4,127 3.4430
Purchase 4,990 3.5133
Purchase 6,567 3.4937
Purchase 8,155 3.5225
Purchase 16,653 3.4935
Sale 7,654 3.4587
Sale 7,568 3.5057
Sale 7,229 3.4843
Sale 30,634 3.4928
Sale 15,348 3.5157
Sale 405 3.4525
Sale 20,747 3.5057
Sale 3,033 3.5225
Sale 1,898 3.2811
Sale 1,412 3.2811
Sale 950 3.4530
Sale 810 3.4730
Sale 5,482 3.4970
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3407 3.4386
CFD Long 7654 3.4587
CFD Long 7229 3.4842
CFD Long 130401 3.4911
CFD Long 8906 3.4912
CFD Long 30634 3.4927
CFD Long 5482 3.4969
CFD Long 20747 3.5056
CFD Long 4695 3.5116
CFD Short 5482 3.4659
CFD Short 16653 3.4934
CFD Short 4990 3.5132
(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 15 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)