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 30 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 3,687,124 2.41% 270,891 0.18%
securities
(2) Derivatives 675,185 0.44% 253,056 0.17%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,362,309 2.85% 523,947 0.34%
(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 36,282 3.4052
Purchase 23,143 3.3813
Purchase 20,074 3.4129
Purchase 15,000 3.3977
Purchase 13,132 3.4296
Purchase 11,021 3.3971
Purchase 1,000 3.2645
Purchase 930 3.3830
Purchase 578 3.4469
Sale 41,298 3.4207
Sale 25,187 3.4002
Sale 9,845 3.3511
Sale 3,306 3.3480
Sale 2,027 3.3950
Sale 1,830 3.4295
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 9845 3.3511
CFD Long 25187 3.4001
CFD Long 41298 3.4207
CFD Long 1830 3.4294
CFD Short 5514 3.2798
CFD Short 17154 3.3391
CFD Short 3607 3.3451
CFD Short 29370 3.3465
CFD Short 5130 3.3627
CFD Short 9188 3.3703
CFD Short 2942 3.3704
CFD Short 23143 3.3812
CFD Short 930 3.383
CFD Short 11021 3.3971
CFD Short 11084 3.3991
CFD Short 21487 3.4003
CFD Short 20074 3.4129
CFD Short 13132 3.4295
CFD Short 578 3.4468
(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 31 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