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 29 June 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 3,699,075 2.42% 150,556 0.10%
securities
(2) Derivatives 373,003 0.24% 619,899 0.41%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 4,072,078 2.66% 770,455 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
Purchase 100,081 2.9296
Purchase 63,681 2.9655
Purchase 19,305 2.9571
Purchase 17,662 2.9412
Purchase 17,631 2.9684
Purchase 900 2.8980
Purchase 500 2.9485
Sale 67,802 2.9613
Sale 54,606 2.9801
Sale 25,708 3.0334
Sale 23,353 2.9950
Sale 12,605 2.9866
Sale 9,718 2.9292
Sale 7,548 3.0275
Sale 418 2.9421
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 17757 2.9229
CFD Long 9718 2.9291
CFD Long 418 2.942
CFD Long 67802 2.9613
CFD Long 54606 2.98
CFD Long 23353 2.9949
CFD Short 31754 2.8919
CFD Short 900 2.898
CFD Short 100081 2.9295
CFD Short 9298 2.9364
CFD Short 8364 2.9464
CFD Short 500 2.9485
CFD Short 63681 2.9654
CFD Short 17631 2.9683
CFD Short 27576 3.0275
(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 30 June 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