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 12 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 3,955,522 2.58% 68,453 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 507,763 0.33% 557,538 0.36%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,463,285 2.92% 625,991 0.41%
(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 2,430 3.5842
Purchase 673 3.5496
Purchase 1,142 3.5960
Purchase 1,386 3.6060
Purchase 1,404 3.6073
Purchase 2,300 3.5636
Purchase 36,298 3.6137
Purchase 6,750 3.6034
Purchase 8,341 3.5654
Purchase 19,373 3.5993
Purchase 35,971 3.6073
Sale 4,433 3.6050
Sale 11,103 3.5600
Sale 270 3.6240
Sale 11,341 3.6041
Sale 1,386 3.5770
Sale 1,260 3.6354
Sale 28,502 3.5999
Sale 1,094 3.5436
Sale 2,382 3.6383
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 6731 3.5932
CFD Long 28502 3.5998
CFD Long 11341 3.604
CFD Long 4433 3.605
CFD Long 2382 3.6382
CFD Short 673 3.5495
CFD Short 2300 3.5636
CFD Short 4786 3.5784
CFD Short 2430 3.5841
CFD Short 1142 3.5959
CFD Short 29081 3.5987
CFD Short 19373 3.5992
CFD Short 1203 3.6017
CFD Short 6750 3.6033
CFD Short 14146 3.6062
CFD Short 35971 3.6072
CFD Short 1404 3.6073
CFD Short 36298 3.6137
CFD Short 4534 3.6519
(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 13 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