Rule 8.3 - NORTHERN ROCK PLC
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 NORTHERN ROCK PLC
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.25
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 23 November 2007
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 23,527,570 5.59% 132,556 0.03%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 11,372,506 2.70% 11,991,540 2.85%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 34,900,076 8.29% 12,124,096 2.88%
(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 Price per unit
Securities (GBP)
Purchase 1,000 0.77
Purchase 2,829 Transfer
Purchase 1,000 0.78
Purchase 3,500 0.858
Purchase 3,500 0.84
Purchase 580 0.8606
Purchase 1,190 0.84
Purchase 2,493 0.798
Purchase 701 0.77
Purchase 12,747 0.78
Purchase 1,726 0.789
Purchase 12,422 0.8
Purchase 2,000 0.779
Purchase 6,443 0.776
Purchase 6,393 0.782
Purchase 6,435 0.777
Purchase 1,000 0.78
Purchase 1,502 0.79
Purchase 5,000 0.776
Purchase 1,145 0.778
Purchase 1,245 0.803
Purchase 10,000 0.787
Purchase 3,000 0.798
Purchase 64,935 0.77
Purchase 2,256 0.879
Purchase 3,000 0.842
Purchase 3,000 0.848
Purchase 2,000 0.776
Purchase 4,000 0.777
Purchase 308 0.81
Purchase 17,647 0.85
Purchase 2,093 0.79
Purchase 11,933 0.838
Purchase 1,163 0.845
Purchase 5,594 0.799
Purchase 100 0.8086
Purchase 6,410 0.78
Purchase 500 0.8
Purchase 12,618 0.788
Purchase 3,000 0.77
Purchase 2,354 0.84
Purchase 2,000 0.81
Purchase 11,583 0.777
Purchase 5,000 0.79
Purchase 1,690 0.879
Purchase 3,500 0.86
Purchase 100 0.776
Purchase 5,000 0.77
Purchase 2,380 0.84
Purchase 2,000 0.776
Purchase 2,577 0.776
Purchase 1,000 0.799
Purchase 1,200 0.786
Purchase 4,000 0.775
Purchase 7,500 0.776
Purchase 476 0.8393
Purchase 500 Transfer
Purchase 641 0.78
Purchase 1,283 0.779
Purchase 3,500 0.839
Purchase 1,000 0.855
Purchase 5,000 0.776
Purchase 1,000 0.78
Purchase 2,000 0.77
Purchase 650 0.7997
Purchase 561 0.865
Purchase 100 0.8598
Purchase 64,935 0.77
Purchase 7,000 0.795
Purchase 1,273 0.785
Purchase 5,000 0.778
Purchase 6,443 0.776
Purchase 340 0.79
Purchase 192 0.777
Purchase 368 Transfer
Purchase 500 0.8412
Purchase 6,369 0.78
Purchase 5,000 0.775
Purchase 6,000 0.776
Purchase 350 0.779
Purchase 3,534 0.778
Purchase 1,000 0.778
Purchase 306 0.79
Purchase 1,000 0.8
Purchase 736 0.8
Purchase 2,000 0.77
Purchase 1,282 0.78
Purchase 108 0.805
Purchase 160 0.8062
Purchase 125 0.8
Purchase 300 0.8648
Purchase 2,648 0.849
Purchase 3,861 0.777
Purchase 441,364 0.8177
Purchase 78,165 0.8206
Sale 9,636 0.8546
Sale 500 0.7904
Sale 5,000 0.8018
Sale 11,583 0.79
Sale 3,052 0.86
Sale 2,577 0.801
Sale 750 0.8636
Sale 1,941 0.808
Sale 12,618 0.8
Sale 1,746 0.77
Sale 1,000 0.782
Sale 5,000 0.825
Sale 1,000 0.836
Sale 3,214 0.8526
Sale 127 0.7933
Sale 1,619 0.755
Sale 5,000 0.84
Sale 10,000 0.7927
Sale 3,550 0.8
Sale 1,000 0.8
Sale 3,512 0.8546
Sale 7,000 0.77
Sale 4,000 0.8426
Sale 3,000 0.87
Sale 5,964 0.802
Sale 500 0.8636
Sale 152 0.8247
Sale 75 0.803
Sale 1,400 0.8456
Sale 500 0.7778
Sale 2,000 0.82
Sale 781 0.78
Sale 12,747 0.802
Sale 318 0.7766
Sale 422 0.7758
Sale 6,443 0.791
Sale 650 0.87
Sale 5,000 0.8
Sale 2,000 0.8576
Sale 5,000 0.86
Sale 2,000 0.802
Sale 49 0.793
Sale 5,000 0.8
Sale 6,000 0.802
Sale 1,000 0.8356
Sale 18,315 0.774
Sale 1,294 0.7995
Sale 125 0.8412
Sale 4,000 0.8
Sale 1,200 0.825
Sale 4,000 0.781
Sale 1,900 0.7927
Sale 1,273 0.785
Sale 256 0.8238
Sale 358 0.8306
Sale 7,531 0.84
Sale 590 0.7708
Sale 649 0.7995
Sale 2,000 0.8446
Sale 4,000 0.823
Sale 2,829 Transfer
Sale 1,000 0.8556
Sale 154 0.8606
Sale 6,369 0.802
Sale 2,500 0.7995
Sale 1,490 0.8616
Sale 300 0.7758
Sale 136 0.8376
Sale 1,403 0.8
Sale 3,860 0.7927
Sale 1,500 0.8626
Sale 2,000 0.84
Sale 736 0.758
Sale 5,000 0.76
Sale 540 0.808
Sale 535 0.7995
Sale 459,966 0.8196
Sale 800 0.7975
Sale 460 0.806
Sale 310 0.808
Sale 0 0.8069
Sale 310 0.782
Sale 500 0.8636
Sale 1,000 0.7758
Sale 4,000 0.79
Sale 2,500 0.7995
Sale 1,200 0.867
Sale 6,599 0.775
Sale 1,135 0.78
Sale 12,828 0.8037
Sale 4,864 0.831
Sale 2,000 0.8
Sale 1,772 0.776
Sale 5,000 0.79
Sale 287 0.7878
Sale 446 0.776
Sale 2,308 0.751
Sale 2,134 0.8346
Sale 6,410 0.824
Sale 247 0.7872
Sale 215 0.8004
Sale 500 0.828
Sale 600 0.8516
Sale 159 0.774
Sale 3,250 0.8636
Sale 3,028 0.773
Sale 33,707 0.8005
Sale 4,908 0.787
Sale 7,500 0.8018
Sale 3,000 0.84
Sale 3,500 0.824
Sale 5,000 0.801
Sale 1,000 0.841
Sale 701 0.77
Sale 1,961 0.751
Sale 2,000 0.8326
Sale 1,676 0.862
Sale 650 0.7904
Sale 1,500 0.867
Sale 332 0.781
Sale 4,000 0.8556
Sale 350 0.7714
Sale 250 0.8456
Sale 4,830 0.84
Sale 1,502 0.8
Sale 1,000 0.793
Sale 919 0.861
Sale 3,000 0.794
Sale 6,443 0.8
Sale 7,000 0.7917
Sale 400 0.7995
Sale 1,145 0.8616
Sale 1,500 0.776
Sale 1,000 0.839
Sale 1,000 0.8316
Sale 5,000 0.8646
Sale 2,493 0.8556
Sale 1,000 0.8
Sale 600 0.867
Sale 3,317 0.7758
Sale 650 0.8606
Sale 3,594 0.84
b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 441364 0.8177
CFD Short 78165 0.8205
CFD Long 459966 0.8195
(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 26 November 2007
Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
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