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 04 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 3,916,838 2.56% 92,988 0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives 844,111 0.55% 355,300 0.23%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,760,949 3.11% 448,288 0.29%
(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 321 4.6500
Purchase 25,950 4.6599
Purchase 19,128 4.6566
Purchase 13,458 4.6594
Purchase 2,918 4.6459
Purchase 4,227 4.6815
Sale 400 4.6370
Sale 365 4.6370
Sale 360 4.6370
Sale 350 4.6370
Sale 350 4.6370
Sale 437 4.6610
Sale 330 4.6370
Sale 650 4.6370
Sale 300 4.6370
Sale 300 4.6370
Sale 299 4.6370
Sale 290 4.6370
Sale 340 4.6370
Sale 500 4.6370
Sale 259 4.6370
Sale 510 4.6370
Sale 50,000 4.6812
Sale 675 4.6370
Sale 938 4.6370
Sale 1,000 4.6370
Sale 5,365 4.6629
Sale 8,600 4.6341
Sale 8,651 4.6519
Sale 10,477 4.6614
Sale 13,741 4.6757
Sale 27,710 4.6575
Sale 45,499 4.6561
Sale 510 4.6370
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 7044 4.6525
CFD Long 45499 4.656
CFD Long 27710 4.6574
CFD Long 99253 4.6636
CFD Long 63534 4.6638
CFD Long 96730 4.6644
CFD Long 13741 4.6756
CFD Long 3032 4.6763
CFD Short 13458 4.6594
CFD Short 25950 4.6598
(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 07 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