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 13 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 3,949,118 2.58% 72,942 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 512,993 0.34% 614,235 0.40%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,462,111 2.92% 687,177 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 2,100 3.7850
Purchase 336 3.6470
Purchase 13,745 3.7270
Purchase 425 3.7319
Purchase 11,837 3.7090
Purchase 10,955 3.7434
Purchase 473 3.5980
Purchase 46,081 3.7449
Purchase 1,500 3.7457
Sale 336 3.7194
Sale 473 3.5980
Sale 664 3.7194
Sale 1,034 3.6400
Sale 1,764 3.7220
Sale 162 3.7600
Sale 4,871 3.7547
Sale 5,515 3.7475
Sale 5,730 3.7127
Sale 6,201 3.7088
Sale 12,404 3.7176
Sale 13,794 3.7255
Sale 43,300 3.7290
Sale 2,097 3.7503
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 5230 3.7003
CFD Long 6201 3.7087
CFD Long 5730 3.7126
CFD Long 12404 3.7176
CFD Long 664 3.7193
CFD Long 336 3.7194
CFD Long 1764 3.722
CFD Long 43300 3.729
CFD Long 5515 3.7474
CFD Long 4871 3.7546
CFD Short 20761 3.6855
CFD Short 1645 3.6899
CFD Short 16546 3.7266
CFD Short 13745 3.7269
CFD Short 6370 3.7316
CFD Short 17779 3.7421
CFD Short 10955 3.7433
CFD Short 46081 3.7449
CFD Short 1500 3.7457
CFD Short 2100 3.785
(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 14 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