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 26 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 24,244,265 5.76% 168,314 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 6,518,657 1.55% 6,094,307 1.45%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 30,762,922 7.30% 6,262,621 1.49%
(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 525 1.9037
Purchase 800 1.8996
Purchase 636 1.8847
Purchase 88,158 1.8929
Purchase 600 1.884
Purchase 1,047 1.8886
Purchase 4,000 1.9297
Purchase 509 1.8876
Purchase 1,500 1.9397
Purchase 1,013 1.9397
Purchase 967 1.8816
Purchase 1,035 1.9153
Purchase 400 1.9087
Purchase 497 1.9497
Purchase 1,000 1.8866
Purchase 9,646 1.9487
Purchase 2,048 1.9397
Purchase 3,342 1.8846
Purchase 2,007 1.9297
Purchase 5,000 1.9497
Purchase 2,000 1.8987
Purchase 1,150 1.8846
Purchase 6,000 1.8846
Purchase 5,000 1.8976
Purchase 1,554 1.9297
Purchase 3,000 1.8857
Purchase 10,000 1.8857
Purchase 840 1.9103
Purchase 3,691 1.8836
Purchase 513 1.9136
Purchase 100 1.9146
Purchase 2,000 1.9297
Purchase 1,397 1.9397
Purchase 1,000 1.9156
Purchase 521 1.8963
Purchase 4,000 1.9297
Purchase 526 1.8996
Purchase 2,609 1.9037
Purchase 414 1.9297
Purchase 50 1.9397
Purchase 2,000 1.8686
Purchase 7,584 1.8973
Purchase 19 1.9297
Purchase 500 1.9487
Purchase 782 1.8986
Purchase 1,050 1.9037
Purchase 20,000 1.94
Purchase 2,000 1.9487
Purchase 1,500 1.9246
Purchase 2,000 1.8977
Purchase 65 1.8887
Purchase 2,403 1.8887
Purchase 2,015 1.8896
Purchase 694 1.8866
Purchase 2,000 1.9226
Purchase 6,671 1.9487
Purchase 1,036 1.9297
Purchase 5,008 1.9487
Purchase 1,059 1.8716
Purchase 2,000 1.8977
Purchase 251 1.9487
Purchase 1,000 1.9487
Purchase 2,125 1.8696
Purchase 1,008 1.9487
Purchase 10,207 1.9487
Purchase 385 1.89
Purchase 2,565 1.9487
Purchase 5,895 1.9397
Purchase 2,591 1.9297
Purchase 2,000 1.8836
Purchase 400 1.8915
Purchase 2,000 1.8866
Purchase 3,691 1.8834
Purchase 450 1.9295
Purchase 1,000 1.9487
Purchase 1,000 1.8986
Purchase 5,000 1.8847
Purchase 5,000 1.8987
Purchase 500 1.9196
Purchase 2,065 1.9367
Purchase 4,121 1.9297
Purchase 2,000 1.8987
Purchase 45 1.9297
Purchase 3,000 1.9196
Purchase 500 Transfer
Purchase 1,500 1.8876
Purchase 4,156 1.9487
Purchase 465 1.9083
Purchase 1,000 1.9297
Purchase 1,000 1.9297
Purchase 525 1.9043
Purchase 3,000 1.9387
Purchase 2,631 1.8997
Purchase 2,000 1.8845
Purchase 3,000 1.9103
Purchase 362 1.9297
Purchase 1,000 1.8946
Purchase 1,500 1.8849
Purchase 1,036 1.9136
Purchase 750 1.8976
Purchase 500 1.9297
Purchase 500 1.9297
Purchase 3,000 1.9487
Purchase 1,038 1.9043
Purchase 1,597 1.8776
Purchase 6,788 1.9043
Purchase 1,000 1.882
Purchase 1,311 1.9063
Purchase 350 1.9397
Purchase 2,000 1.9487
Purchase 1,000 1.9367
Purchase 26,145 1.9117
Purchase 149 1.9146
Purchase 2,595 1.9145
Purchase 5,102 1.9487
Purchase 1,000 1.8896
Purchase 2,100 1.8843
Purchase 2,674 1.8692
Purchase 1,000 1.9135
Purchase 700 1.9136
Purchase 300 1.89
Sale 1,500 1.9303
Sale 475 1.8804
Sale 1,850 1.8802
Sale 640 1.8814
Sale 500 1.8802
Sale 482 1.9114
Sale 1,837 1.8844
Sale 3,691 1.9004
Sale 1,000 1.8824
Sale 400 1.92
Sale 2,262 1.9114
Sale 300 1.9094
Sale 1,000 1.9134
Sale 4,000 1.9144
Sale 1,000 1.9114
Sale 1,500 1.8806
Sale 5,322 1.9124
Sale 525 1.9003
Sale 100 1.9244
Sale 1,000 1.9244
Sale 5,000 1.9043
Sale 950 1.8944
Sale 5,207 1.9024
Sale 7,834 1.892
Sale 2,000 1.8804
Sale 2,322 1.8796
Sale 6,788 1.9054
Sale 15,235 1.9201
Sale 82,846 1.9069
Sale 500 1.8814
Sale 635 1.8804
Sale 2,631 1.9124
Sale 8,881 1.8803
Sale 800 1.8991
Sale 500 1.9224
Sale 888 1.8804
Sale 4,000 1.8802
Sale 2,065 1.9224
Sale 2,000 1.9104
Sale 4,121 1.8702
Sale 5,957 1.9264
Sale 1,890 1.931
Sale 1,286 1.9256
Sale 3,000 1.8803
Sale 5,000 1.9154
Sale 2,609 1.9214
Sale 500 1.9104
Sale 4,548 1.9303
Sale 7,000 1.9114
Sale 823 1.9124
Sale 5,102 1.8802
Sale 20,000 1.906
Sale 500 1.8804
Sale 357 1.8964
Sale 2,093 1.9403
Sale 182 1.9004
Sale 76 1.8964
Sale 1,000 1.9202
Sale 2,000 1.9253
Sale 500 1.9104
Sale 179 1.8807
Sale 2,685 1.9264
Sale 1,200 1.8684
Sale 1,246 1.9224
Sale 2,400 1.9303
Sale 5,008 1.9114
Sale 1,500 1.8854
Sale 414 1.9003
Sale 736 1.8803
Sale 3,163 1.9493
Sale 12,198 1.903
Sale 2,793 1.9254
Sale 4,000 1.9254
Sale 1,366 1.8754
Sale 5,000 1.9124
Sale 300 1.9114
Sale 1,642 1.9493
Sale 482 1.8803
Sale 1,200 1.9303
Sale 1,050 1.8984
Sale 4,199 1.8874
Sale 976 1.9114
Sale 532 1.8937
Sale 2,125 1.9204
Sale 5,000 1.9303
Sale 3,000 1.8992
Sale 526 1.921
Sale 1,562 1.921
Sale 6,671 1.8803
Sale 439 1.8874
Sale 750 1.9264
Sale 3,000 1.9114
Sale 2,000 1.921
Sale 973 1.8864
Sale 3,933 1.9114
Sale 647 1.8802
Sale 1,000 1.883
Sale 12,853 1.92
Sale 4,000 1.9202
Sale 5,320 1.9114
Sale 350 1.8824
Sale 2,600 1.9234
Sale 697 1.9114
Sale 4,207 1.9024
Sale 847 1.8684
Sale 12,800 1.905
Sale 6,748 1.9224
Sale 1,345 1.8904
Sale 1,783 1.8874
Sale 2,565 1.8504
Sale 430 1.8834
Sale 4,000 1.9303
Sale 2,000 1.9253
Sale 2,729 1.9004
Sale 265 1.8834
Sale 371 1.9254
Sale 4,663 1.9253
Sale 3,186 1.9004
Sale 2,232 1.9244
Sale 2,000 1.9054
Sale 1,000 1.8864
Sale 2,388 1.9134
Sale 7,255 1.8954
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per unit
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities (GBP)
CFD Short 2100 1.8842
CFD Short 26646 1.8871
CFD Short 88158 1.8928
CFD Short 26145 1.9116
CFD Long 2322 1.8796
CFD Long 8881 1.8802
CFD Long 82846 1.9069
CFD Long 15235 1.92
(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 29 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