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 28 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 4,049,959 2.65% 61,333 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 797,528 0.52% 723,049 0.47%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,847,487 3.17% 784,382 0.51%
(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 3,705 3.9840
Purchase 236 3.8730
Purchase 487 3.9924
Purchase 792 3.9824
Purchase 2,260 3.8883
Purchase 3,153 4.0749
Purchase 39,600 3.9228
Purchase 35,506 3.9633
Purchase 13,489 4.0151
Purchase 6,597 3.9836
Sale 2,084 3.8350
Sale 202 4.0170
Sale 38,272 3.9342
Sale 717 4.0088
Sale 23,642 3.8972
Sale 4,151 4.0263
Sale 963 3.9994
Sale 100 4.0702
Sale 13,349 3.9621
Sale 7,798 3.9469
Sale 5,344 3.8893
Sale 6,597 3.9840
Sale 860 3.9604
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 2084 3.835
CFD Long 23642 3.8971
CFD Long 38272 3.9342
CFD Long 7798 3.9468
CFD Long 860 3.9604
CFD Long 13349 3.962
CFD Long 4633 3.984
CFD Long 963 3.9993
CFD Long 4151 4.0262
CFD Long 14495 4.0712
CFD Long 3413 4.075
CFD Short 236 3.873
CFD Short 2260 3.8882
CFD Short 39600 3.9228
CFD Short 35506 3.9633
CFD Short 3153 4.0748
(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 01 September 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