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 27 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 4,040,415 2.64% 53,535 0.03%
securities
(2) Derivatives 783,033 0.51% 741,459 0.48%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,823,448 3.15% 794,994 0.52%
(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 11,000 4.1100
Purchase 37,023 4.3000
Purchase 32,554 4.1812
Purchase 29,164 4.2053
Purchase 25,643 4.1608
Purchase 963 4.1006
Purchase 49,675 4.1064
Purchase 2,570 4.2952
Purchase 4,282 4.1915
Sale 123 4.1240
Sale 1,200 4.0960
Sale 100 4.1094
Sale 24,749 4.1027
Sale 25,015 4.1381
Sale 25,643 4.1950
Sale 11,491 4.1015
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1200 4.096
CFD Long 11491 4.1015
CFD Long 24749 4.1026
CFD Long 100 4.1094
CFD Long 123 4.1239
CFD Long 25015 4.138
CFD Long 25643 4.195
CFD Long 26877 4.215
CFD Short 963 4.1006
CFD Short 7602 4.1051
CFD Short 49675 4.1063
CFD Short 11738 4.1445
CFD Short 1933 4.1537
CFD Short 2150 4.154
CFD Short 25643 4.1608
CFD Short 32554 4.1812
CFD Short 4282 4.1914
CFD Short 29164 4.2052
CFD Short 2570 4.2951
(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 28 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