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 29 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 24,759,127 5.88% 166,610 0.04%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 6,706,398 1.59% 6,472,883 1.54%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 31,465,525 7.47% 6,639,493 1.58%
(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 2,000 1.798
Purchase 1,644 1.824
Purchase 500 1.8188
Purchase 1,096 1.824
Purchase 102 1.869
Purchase 4,885 1.842
Purchase 500 1.8198
Purchase 2,210 1.818
Purchase 735 1.8887
Purchase 5,000 1.811
Purchase 1,000 1.8999
Purchase 532 1.854
Purchase 75 1.8192
Purchase 515 1.8979
Purchase 2,000 1.811
Purchase 541 1.8148
Purchase 531 1.848
Purchase 2,000 1.787
Purchase 2,704 1.837
Purchase 440 1.787
Purchase 3,009 1.775
Purchase 535 1.846
Purchase 2,741 1.824
Purchase 1,373 1.8198
Purchase 211 1.8917
Purchase 2,000 1.779
Purchase 1,000 1.841
Purchase 1,074 1.846
Purchase 47,343 1.901
Purchase 1,000 1.832
Purchase 2,000 1.7998
Purchase 2,600 1.8087
Purchase 5,000 1.843
Purchase 2,000 1.779
Purchase 530 1.854
Purchase 1,000 1.831
Purchase 27,650 1.832
Purchase 2,720 1.8862
Purchase 2,000 1.808
Purchase 3,825 1.8188
Purchase 2,000 1.824
Purchase 1,100 1.835
Purchase 5,000 1.823
Purchase 542 1.822
Purchase 3,833 1.8148
Purchase 1,087 1.824
Purchase 5,000 1.824
Purchase 8,000 1.82
Purchase 4,101 1.8178
Purchase 10,816 1.849
Purchase 5,000 1.864
Purchase 201 1.9195
Purchase 3,333 1.8
Purchase 6,622 1.812
Purchase 500 1.8945
Purchase 1,589 1.871
Purchase 500 1.8916
Purchase 11,898 1.849
Purchase 10,000 1.819
Purchase 10,000 1.782
Purchase 2,500 1.8198
Purchase 317 1.8426
Purchase 2,744 1.822
Purchase 4,123 1.819
Purchase 1,000 1.8511
Purchase 3,000 1.824
Purchase 555 1.78
Purchase 3,789 1.847
Purchase 100 1.841
Purchase 3,000 1.813
Purchase 5,427 1.832
Purchase 500 1.91
Purchase 47,103 1.845
Purchase 165 1.8148
Purchase 8,130 1.845
Purchase 3,831 1.816
Purchase 500 1.8718
Purchase 1,330 1.865
Purchase 2,000 1.824
Purchase 5,401 1.841
Purchase 3,789 1.836
Purchase 13,186 1.82
Purchase 660 1.8928
Purchase 521,527 1.8292
Purchase 9,722 1.8555
Purchase 2,000 1.8
Purchase 1,061 1.8838
Purchase 554 1.9
Purchase 2,760 1.8
Purchase 48 1.8148
Purchase 500 1.8957
Purchase 2,000 1.8182
Purchase 2,000 1.832
Purchase 1,000 1.798
Purchase 5,000 1.845
Purchase 3,785 1.838
Purchase 530 1.842
Purchase 1,614 1.8419
Purchase 1,093 1.813
Purchase 1,494 1.869
Purchase 4,111 1.824
Purchase 4,878 1.798
Purchase 266 1.8198
Purchase 1,726 1.882
Purchase 753 1.833
Purchase 260 1.867
Purchase 527 1.8718
Purchase 3,500 1.881
Purchase 1,944 1.8
Purchase 2,121 1.8854
Purchase 1,000 1.837
Purchase 255 1.8972
Purchase 989 1.8188
Purchase 1,625 1.832
Purchase 1,915 1.816
Purchase 192,575 1.8543
Purchase 1,000 1.841
Purchase 6,556 1.82
Purchase 1,097 1.823
Purchase 513 1.8178
Purchase 176,279 1.8724
Sale 27,650 1.9
Sale 191 1.8446
Sale 500 1.8872
Sale 519 1.8
Sale 1,100 1.8613
Sale 2,931 1.819
Sale 1,964 1.8872
Sale 500 1.821
Sale 252 1.8504
Sale 608 1.8907
Sale 423 1.8123
Sale 660 1.9012
Sale 97 1.853
Sale 1,111 1.816
Sale 474 1.81
Sale 600 1.791
Sale 125 1.8564
Sale 787 1.8123
Sale 582 1.83
Sale 1,000 1.897
Sale 1,373 1.8543
Sale 183 1.8138
Sale 169 1.8726
Sale 3,032 1.9015
Sale 300 1.8863
Sale 3,831 1.8518
Sale 784 1.817
Sale 1,785 1.77
Sale 1,087 1.897
Sale 1,000 1.788
Sale 2,132 1.8916
Sale 4,104 1.8964
Sale 1,063 1.8193
Sale 5,000 1.8967
Sale 1,100 1.9011
Sale 10 1.8138
Sale 1,000 1.81
Sale 2,000 1.8644
Sale 570 1.8138
Sale 938 1.8907
Sale 114 1.841
Sale 539 1.8905
Sale 953 1.8906
Sale 1,000 1.842
Sale 2,350 1.901
Sale 214 1.8435
Sale 11,075 1.881
Sale 379 1.8465
Sale 959 1.8973
Sale 2,760 1.855
Sale 1,463 1.82
Sale 1,500 1.815
Sale 300 1.883
Sale 550 1.792
Sale 2,741 1.865
Sale 1,181 1.884
Sale 1,395 1.9031
Sale 1,087 1.819
Sale 1,036 1.815
Sale 5,842 1.885
Sale 1,000 1.9025
Sale 36,511 1.895
Sale 1,000 1.821
Sale 3,748 1.87
Sale 902 1.815
Sale 500 1.8933
Sale 8,735 1.865
Sale 193 1.8832
Sale 273 1.8115
Sale 2,083 1.8924
Sale 2,000 1.8458
Sale 2,131 1.8985
Sale 3,310 1.9021
Sale 500 1.8594
Sale 10,561 1.881
Sale 1,000 1.8838
Sale 848 1.817
Sale 149 1.801
Sale 563 1.89
Sale 335 1.829
Sale 885 1.9016
Sale 15 1.8193
Sale 1,500 1.9004
Sale 10,000 1.857
Sale 120 1.8
Sale 592 1.885
Sale 3,000 1.8952
Sale 1,078 1.817
Sale 2,000 1.8159
Sale 1,000 1.8165
Sale 601 1.821
Sale 457 1.8933
Sale 1,000 1.9149
Sale 1,000 1.9003
Sale 453 1.832
Sale 195 1.8138
Sale 3,333 1.885
Sale 694 1.797
Sale 93 1.8726
Sale 2,403 1.8045
Sale 18 1.8
Sale 10,000 1.885
Sale 1,500 1.883
Sale 9,609 1.865
Sale 962 1.9021
Sale 3,962 1.8933
Sale 150 1.8928
Sale 1,096 1.892
Sale 14,921 1.9
Sale 46,062 1.882
Sale 4,585 1.8734
Sale 3,000 1.8913
Sale 3,739 1.8878
Sale 1,649 1.9003
Sale 5,000 1.823
Sale 457 1.83
Sale 1,900 1.89
Sale 125 1.83
Sale 7,950 1.897
Sale 10,000 1.903
Sale 3,749 1.8973
Sale 3,000 1.891
Sale 1,000 1.8828
Sale 5,000 1.843
Sale 1,000 1.801
Sale 1,625 1.791
Sale 524 1.8723
Sale 800 1.9149
Sale 200 1.8817
Sale 633 1.83
Sale 6,218 1.857
Sale 3,785 1.865
Sale 340 1.821
Sale 1,000 1.8061
Sale 1,500 1.866
Sale 5,000 1.9077
Sale 10,000 1.883
Sale 5,000 1.845
Sale 3,000 1.8244
Sale 11,898 1.869
Sale 542 1.85
Sale 2,272 1.8412
Sale 916 1.897
Sale 375 1.8154
Sale 525 1.8154
Sale 250 1.8896
Sale 500 1.8964
Sale 1,000 1.8127
Sale 1,360 1.8458
Sale 450 1.8154
Sale 450 1.8154
Sale 350 1.897
Sale 600 1.8813
Sale 10,800 1.8628
Sale 500 1.897
Sale 300 1.8215
Sale 65 1.8873
Sale 1,500 1.85
Sale 4,911 1.8827
Sale 600 1.84
Sale 500 1.885
Sale 50 1.85
Sale 243 1.819
Sale 2,000 1.8058
Sale 1,944 1.835
Sale 3,830 1.8924
Sale 500 1.841
Sale 150 1.8932
Sale 65 1.865
Sale 500 1.8924
Sale 658 1.815
Sale 500 1.89
Sale 2,000 1.801
Sale 205 1.8193
Sale 400 1.856
Sale 100 1.841
Sale 700 1.804
Sale 847 1.856
Sale 97 1.8193
Sale 361 1.856
Sale 3,789 1.8976
Sale 176,941 1.8579
Sale 1,000 1.8183
Sale 5,464 1.892
Sale 500 1.839
Sale 6,622 1.855
Sale 500 1.838
Sale 4,121 1.9003
Sale 2,000 1.856
Sale 1,000 1.8959
Sale 200 1.8
Sale 1,000 1.8907
Sale 1,000 1.9147
Sale 8,000 1.872
Sale 1,000 1.8544
Sale 4,715 1.9149
Sale 3,000 1.846
Sale 1,138 1.882
Sale 1,000 1.8832
Sale 5,000 1.8922
Sale 1,364 1.8846
Sale 5,000 1.8711
Sale 524 1.8453
Sale 2,744 1.8932
Sale 6,556 1.85
Sale 2,100 1.9001
Sale 500 1.826
Sale 985 1.8
Sale 4,111 1.8859
Sale 1,500 1.801
Sale 300 1.8247
Sale 900 1.834
Sale 1,450 1.8803
Sale 3,279 1.9014
Sale 4,885 1.8553
Sale 1,250 1.839
Sale 924 1.817
Sale 1,000 1.9023
Sale 1,909 1.823
Sale 1,000 1.8184
Sale 5,276 1.829
Sale 600 1.819
Sale 250 1.8819
Sale 2,000 1.8974
Sale 500 1.8141
Sale 665 1.801
Sale 13,186 1.882
Sale 4,232 1.9004
Sale 500 1.8916
Sale 816 1.8916
Sale 800 1.864
Sale 3,094 1.838
Sale 2,231 1.823
Sale 3,104 1.8937
Sale 1,500 1.8907
Sale 361 1.881
Sale 1,250 1.8484
Sale 2,000 1.82
Sale 500 1.83
Sale 5,401 1.895
Sale 4,000 1.8915
Sale 2,000 1.8548
Sale 500 1.872
Sale 1,445 1.884
Sale 460 1.888
Sale 800 1.89
Sale 564 1.8906
Sale 1,000 1.8183
Sale 4,955 1.8165
Sale 250 1.8058
Sale 491 1.81
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per unit
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities (GBP)
CFD Short 192575 1.8542
CFD Short 9722 1.8555
CFD Short 176279 1.8723
CFD Long 176941 1.8579
CFD Long 10800 1.8628
(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 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