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 01 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 24,248,629 5.03% 2,493,739 0.52%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,882,156 0.39% 917,862 0.19%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 26,130,785 5.42% 3,411,601 0.71%
(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 4,723 3.5505
Purchase 21,754 3.5712
Purchase 1,730 3.5776
Purchase 2,056 3.5466
Purchase 8,100 3.5405
Purchase 7,542 3.5897
Purchase 7,436 3.5377
Purchase 2,800 3.5550
Purchase 3,775 3.5360
Sale 500 3.5658
Sale 600 3.5380
Sale 1,910 3.5695
Sale 2,349 3.5285
Sale 4,416 3.5424
Sale 490 Transfer
Sale 6,378 3.5673
Sale 87,837 3.5450
Sale 9,206 3.5714
Sale 11,274 3.5675
Sale 15,807 3.5450
Sale 24,216 3.5450
Sale 60,000 3.5297
Sale 4,723 3.6145
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 2349 3.5285
CFD Long 60000 3.5296
CFD Long 7093 3.54
CFD Long 4416 3.5423
CFD Long 6378 3.5672
CFD Long 1910 3.5694
CFD Long 28485 3.5735
CFD Long 10535 3.5767
CFD Long 4723 3.6144
CFD Short 3775 3.536
CFD Short 7436 3.5376
CFD Short 8100 3.5404
CFD Short 4723 3.5505
CFD Short 21754 3.5712
CFD Short 1730 3.5776
(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 01 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)