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 04 August 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 4,099,902 2.68% 158,537 0.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives 487,959 0.32% 531,459 0.35%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,587,861 3.00% 689,996 0.45%
(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 5,800 3.3754
Purchase 36,767 3.4972
Purchase 28,404 3.5048
Purchase 24,206 3.5046
Purchase 590 3.5023
Purchase 16,929 3.4997
Purchase 16,458 3.4949
Purchase 7,014 3.5040
Purchase 37,048 3.5020
Purchase 900 3.5000
Purchase 1,197 3.5040
Sale 839 3.4985
Sale 872 3.4987
Sale 900 3.5030
Sale 1,160 3.4914
Sale 3,841 3.4920
Sale 15 3.4820
Sale 5,507 3.4957
Sale 6,803 3.5301
Sale 7,252 3.4969
Sale 22,080 3.5086
Sale 4,192 3.5005
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 3841 3.4919
CFD Long 3622 3.4931
CFD Long 839 3.4984
CFD Long 872 3.4986
CFD Long 4192 3.5004
CFD Long 900 3.503
CFD Long 22080 3.5086
CFD Long 6803 3.53
CFD Short 6143 3.4825
CFD Short 5337 3.4919
CFD Short 16419 3.4923
CFD Short 16458 3.4948
CFD Short 16929 3.4997
CFD Short 900 3.5
CFD Short 37048 3.502
CFD Short 590 3.5022
CFD Short 24206 3.5046
CFD Short 28404 3.5047
CFD Short 7838 3.5482
(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 05 August 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