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 20 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 3,684,433 2.41% 368,754 0.24%
securities
(2) Derivatives 833,231 0.54% 56,450 0.04%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,517,664 2.95% 425,204 0.28%
(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 9,695 3.0913
Purchase 230 3.0425
Purchase 20,391 3.0583
Purchase 14,782 3.0876
Purchase 14,281 3.0622
Purchase 2,844 3.0636
Purchase 11,540 3.0505
Purchase 26,942 3.0765
Sale 3,092 3.1153
Sale 6,250 3.0395
Sale 9,176 3.0866
Sale 29 3.0525
Sale 10,463 3.0623
Sale 12,552 3.0662
Sale 21,069 3.0784
Sale 9,350 3.0592
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 6250 3.0395
CFD Long 9350 3.0591
CFD Long 55670 3.0601
CFD Long 12552 3.0661
CFD Long 18729 3.0755
CFD Long 21069 3.0783
CFD Long 88660 3.0866
CFD Short 230 3.0425
CFD Short 9209 3.0491
CFD Short 11540 3.0504
CFD Short 14281 3.0621
CFD Short 2844 3.0635
CFD Short 26942 3.0764
CFD Short 9695 3.0913
(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 21 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