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 03 September 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 4,033,832 2.64% 96,778 0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives 837,067 0.55% 665,391 0.43%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,870,899 3.18% 762,169 0.50%
(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 28,912 4.6736
Purchase 11,760 4.6590
Purchase 7,233 4.3173
Purchase 1,092 4.1507
Purchase 9,870 4.6607
Purchase 24,706 4.5675
Purchase 21,789 4.6688
Purchase 32,799 4.5460
Purchase 40,283 4.6864
Purchase 4,500 4.1500
Purchase 464 4.1461
Purchase 1,025 4.6577
Sale 3,745 4.6681
Sale 5,925 4.6558
Sale 8,973 4.5894
Sale 5,000 4.6793
Sale 11,760 4.4615
Sale 1,235 4.1650
Sale 21,789 4.6693
Sale 27,689 4.6886
Sale 49,675 4.6511
Sale 51,594 4.6648
Sale 20,961 4.5500
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 7331 4.14
CFD Long 3176 4.1458
CFD Long 17032 4.15
CFD Long 2676 4.4702
CFD Long 49675 4.651
CFD Long 5925 4.6558
CFD Long 5203 4.659
CFD Long 51594 4.6647
CFD Long 2408 4.665
CFD Long 5000 4.6792
CFD Long 27689 4.6885
CFD Short 1092 4.1506
CFD Short 32799 4.5459
CFD Short 1025 4.6577
CFD Short 9870 4.6606
CFD Short 28912 4.6736
CFD Short 40283 4.6864
(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 04 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