Rule 8.3 - NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP
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 NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP
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 3,779,225 2.47% 452,759 0.30%
securities
(2) Derivatives 744,695 0.49% 424,734 0.28%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,523,920 2.96% 877,493 0.57%
(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 5,750 2.9064
Purchase 22,843 2.8945
Purchase 19,554 2.8752
Purchase 16,559 2.8844
Purchase 1,181 2.8579
Purchase 9,402 2.8698
Purchase 1,293 2.8504
Purchase 31,900 2.8507
Purchase 3,033 2.9126
Sale 151 2.9174
Sale 449 2.8750
Sale 1,181 2.8746
Sale 1,293 2.8746
Sale 1,860 2.8952
Sale 58 2.6450
Sale 7,475 2.8915
Sale 7,811 2.8913
Sale 9,005 2.8915
Sale 12,853 2.9003
Sale 18,232 2.8696
Sale 22,042 2.8960
Sale 7,314 2.8831
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 18232 2.8696
CFD Long 10591 2.8737
CFD Long 2474 2.8745
CFD Long 26612 2.875
CFD Long 7811 2.8913
CFD Long 41695 2.8933
CFD Long 1860 2.8952
CFD Long 22042 2.8959
CFD Long 50562 2.9022
CFD Long 43064 2.9135
CFD Short 1293 2.8504
CFD Short 1181 2.8579
CFD Short 16559 2.8843
CFD Short 22843 2.8945
CFD Short 6243 2.8996
CFD Short 6858 2.9016
CFD Short 5750 2.9064
CFD Short 3033 2.9126
(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)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk