Rule 8.3 - INFORMA
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 INFORMA
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.001
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 24 June 2008
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 9,024,604 2.12% 1,429,673 0.34%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,555,757 0.37% 632,002 0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 10,580,361 2.49% 2,061,675 0.49%
(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 10,000 4.1976
Purchase 600 4.2482
Purchase 59,683 4.2195
Purchase 20,953 4.2198
Purchase 2,905 4.1883
Purchase 3,451 4.2000
Purchase 11,373 4.1880
Purchase 128,726 4.1978
Sale 5,218 4.1938
Sale 48,940 4.2012
Sale 964 4.1977
Sale 8,623 4.2446
Sale 55,048 4.1909
Sale 4,832 4.1944
Sale 49,057 4.1911
Sale 5,928 4.1944
Sale 6,705 4.2077
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 49057 4.1911
CFD Long 964 4.1977
CFD Long 48940 4.2011
CFD Long 6705 4.2077
CFD Long 8623 4.2445
CFD Short 13080 4.1853
CFD Short 11373 4.188
CFD Short 2905 4.1882
CFD Short 171581 4.1978
CFD Short 3451 4.2
CFD Short 59683 4.2194
CFD Short 20953 4.2198
CFD Short 600 4.2482
(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
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.
None
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 25 June 2008
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)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk