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 25 October 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 24,292,750 5.77% 269,707 0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives 6,409,373 1.52% 5,951,258 1.41%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 30,702,123 7.29% 6,220,965 1.48%
(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 1,686 Transfer
Purchase 1,000 1.8690
Purchase 4 1.8596
Purchase 464 1.9008
Purchase 2,630 1.8885
Purchase 526 1.9006
Purchase 1,000 1.8690
Purchase 750 1.8688
Purchase 200 1.8916
Purchase 6,600 1.9085
Purchase 1,311 1.8876
Purchase 250 1.8670
Purchase 20,000 1.9000
Purchase 1,000 1.8817
Purchase 9,634 1.8962
Purchase 2,644 1.8908
Purchase 2,242 1.8843
Purchase 1,200 1.8870
Purchase 529 1.8655
Purchase 1,064 1.8626
Purchase 537 1.8596
Purchase 255 1.8990
Purchase 3,000 1.9060
Purchase 2,742 1.9104
Purchase 1,047 1.8940
Purchase 1,100 1.8655
Purchase 12,000 1.9003
Purchase 1,850 1.8790
Purchase 528 1.8908
Purchase 137 1.8626
Purchase 4,745 1.8846
Purchase 12,800 1.8750
Purchase 2,500 1.8796
Purchase 2,000 1.8690
Purchase 4 1.9010
Purchase 500 1.8884
Purchase 164 1.8957
Purchase 35,197 1.9080
Purchase 523 1.8848
Purchase 4,043 1.8967
Purchase 1,613 1.8596
Purchase 2,000 1.8597
Purchase 1,000 1.8981
Purchase 531 1.8596
Purchase 6,951 1.8596
Purchase 537 1.8598
Purchase 100 1.8924
Purchase 698 Transfer
Purchase 1,153 1.8878
Purchase 53,097 1.8880
Purchase 4,811 1.8596
Purchase 37,191 1.8826
Purchase 3,751 1.8657
Purchase 300 1.8990
Purchase 1,000 1.8588
Purchase 2,656 1.8960
Purchase 6,000 1.8999
Purchase 476 1.8750
Purchase 20,878 1.8880
Purchase 1,095 1.8730
Purchase 1,000 1.8864
Purchase 105 1.8908
Purchase 3,000 1.8596
Purchase 5,277 1.8840
Purchase 450 1.8626
Purchase 2,500 1.8916
Purchase 7,181 1.8601
Purchase 268 1.8596
Purchase 17,699 1.8880
Purchase 10,656 1.8802
Purchase 500 1.8967
Purchase 3,000 1.8828
Sale 1,639 1.8890
Sale 400 1.8624
Sale 2,000 1.8912
Sale 20,000 1.8880
Sale 7,000 1.8750
Sale 5,242 1.8780
Sale 4,811 1.9133
Sale 407 1.8754
Sale 523 1.8750
Sale 35,398 1.8880
Sale 104 1.8814
Sale 7,181 1.8601
Sale 450 1.8750
Sale 573 1.8870
Sale 487 1.8542
Sale 400 1.8962
Sale 500 1.8990
Sale 71 1.8840
Sale 123 1.8750
Sale 5,328 1.9072
Sale 1,000 1.8820
Sale 5,000 1.8650
Sale 3,500 1.8902
Sale 50,463 1.8875
Sale 2,621 1.9055
Sale 58 1.8803
Sale 6,137 1.9000
Sale 900 1.8962
Sale 699 1.8854
Sale 337 1.8870
Sale 1,000 1.8720
Sale 95,264 1.8838
Sale 4,180 1.9029
Sale 7,597 1.8960
Sale 2,685 1.8650
Sale 536 1.9129
Sale 4,911 1.8893
Sale 1,577 1.8810
Sale 7,181 1.8601
Sale 1,100 1.8992
Sale 600 1.8533
Sale 35,197 1.8680
Sale 16,493 1.8926
Sale 400 1.8772
Sale 515 1.8962
Sale 7,650 1.8710
Sale 3,936 1.9055
Sale 1,731 1.9105
Sale 18,000 1.8610
Sale 1,100 1.9029
Sale 143 1.8612
Sale 4,000 1.9056
Sale 3,000 1.8920
Sale 80,000 1.9120
Sale 908 1.8952
Sale 3,546 1.8704
Sale 23 1.8966
Sale 400 1.8756
Sale 1,370 1.8600
Sale 453 1.8555
Sale 10,000 1.8900
Sale 1,000 1.8952
Sale 500 1.8764
Sale 250,000 1.8750
Sale 7,686 1.8810
Sale 3,725 1.8902
Sale 1,613 1.8902
Sale 2,750 1.8812
Sale 1,440 1.8962
Sale 3,000 1.9125
Sale 2,000 1.8953
Sale 459 1.8860
Sale 648 1.8840
Sale 4,025 1.8653
Sale 5,000 1.8702
Sale 5,375 1.8960
Sale 500 1.8944
Sale 1,000 1.8750
Sale 1,500 1.8984
Sale 755 1.8902
Sale 25 1.8754
Sale 542 1.9055
Sale 615 1.9110
Sale 315 1.9064
Sale 2,000 1.8910
Sale 3,500 1.8952
Sale 3,200 1.8700
Sale 3,129 1.8962
Sale 1,321 1.8752
Sale 2,000 1.9056
Sale 2,500 1.8720
Sale 2,000 1.8952
Sale 9,634 1.8700
Sale 1,120 1.8602
Sale 6,951 1.9055
Sale 1,850 1.8962
Sale 2,000 1.8920
Sale 353 1.8952
Sale 200 1.8650
Sale 431 1.8840
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per unit
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities (GBP)
CFD Short 19835 1.8601
CFD Short 10656 1.8801
CFD Short 37191 1.8826
CFD Short 20878 1.888
CFD Short 2742 1.9103
CFD Long 7181 1.86
CFD Long 95264 1.8837
CFD Long 50463 1.8874
CFD Long 16493 1.8925
CFD Long 5328 1.9071
(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 October 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