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 15 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 24,420,249 5.07% 2,261,475 0.47%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,960,199 0.41% 950,357 0.20%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 26,380,448 5.47% 3,211,832 0.67%
(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 22,483 3.4271
Purchase 1,940 3.4050
Purchase 157 3.4050
Purchase 1,981 3.4427
Purchase 7,229 3.4075
Purchase 3,262 3.4050
Purchase 22,760 3.4050
Purchase 670 3.4130
Purchase 30,926 3.4050
Purchase 30,926 3.4025
Purchase 48,745 3.4222
Purchase 316 3.4100
Purchase 3,628 3.4051
Sale 802 Transfer
Sale 1,490 3.4108
Sale 1,693 3.4152
Sale 2,000 3.3737
Sale 2,185 3.4371
Sale 2,200 3.4305
Sale 2,915 3.4393
Sale 119,844 3.4074
Sale 3,427 3.4133
Sale 30,926 3.4025
Sale 57,735 3.4037
Sale 2,689 3.3737
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3427 3.4132
CFD Long 1693 3.4152
CFD Long 110833 3.4214
CFD Long 5034 3.4229
CFD Long 2586 3.4261
CFD Short 15916 3.3985
CFD Short 33907 3.4053
CFD Short 7229 3.4075
CFD Short 670 3.413
CFD Short 4215 3.4197
CFD Short 48745 3.4221
CFD Short 1981 3.4427
(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 16 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)