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 30 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 24,960,411 5.93% 186,610 0.04%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 6,783,532 1.61% 6,753,177 1.60%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 31,743,943 7.54% 6,939,787 1.65%
(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 2,150 1.8603
Purchase 500 1.8389
Purchase 6,486 1.85
Purchase 272 1.8375
Purchase 250 1.8976
Purchase 623 1.8237
Purchase 3,348 1.8486
Purchase 2,906 1.8304
Purchase 800 Transfer
Purchase 3,290 1.8526
Purchase 27,650 1.828
Purchase 2,149 1.8486
Purchase 541 1.8451
Purchase 1,100 1.8708
Purchase 3,000 1.8397
Purchase 500 1.8521
Purchase 1,607 1.8658
Purchase 8,579 1.865
Purchase 272 1.833
Purchase 2,703 1.8493
Purchase 2,692 1.8568
Purchase 1,100 1.8613
Purchase 136 1.8275
Purchase 5,000 1.8168
Purchase 5,000 1.8563
Purchase 6,000 1.8293
Purchase 13,367 1.86
Purchase 3,000 1.8651
Purchase 7,450 1.879
Purchase 9,870 1.847
Purchase 36 1.8541
Purchase 3,192 1.8284
Purchase 1,071 1.8468
Purchase 6,541 1.824
Purchase 5,000 1.8693
Purchase 3,758 1.8625
Purchase 5,000 1.8472
Purchase 2,000 1.8583
Purchase 500 Transfer
Purchase 5,345 1.86
Purchase 27,188 1.839
Purchase 1,000 1.8493
Purchase 293 1.8225
Purchase 1,200 1.8486
Purchase 4,000 1.8468
Purchase 21,680 1.845
Purchase 1,000 1.8542
Purchase 545 1.8324
Purchase 4,903 1.8352
Purchase 2,505 1.8639
Purchase 4,000 1.8483
Purchase 2,830 1.8581
Purchase 165 1.8847
Purchase 2,677 1.8673
Purchase 535 1.8669
Purchase 5,390 1.855
Purchase 3,000 1.8254
Purchase 161,172 1.8584
Purchase 1,083 1.8254
Purchase 543 1.8485
Purchase 2,000 1.8492
Purchase 500 Transfer
Purchase 9,731 1.855
Purchase 59,203 1.8488
Purchase 1,200 1.8674
Purchase 3,000 1.8491
Purchase 508 1.8672
Purchase 638 1.8583
Purchase 1,100 1.8477
Purchase 13,600 1.84
Purchase 2,507 1.8226
Purchase 4,041 1.8446
Purchase 3,290 1.8526
Purchase 1,000 1.8284
Sale 1,673 1.8482
Sale 4,000 1.8317
Sale 1,000 1.8341
Sale 621 1.8394
Sale 2,210 1.8606
Sale 4,903 1.8704
Sale 500 Transfer
Sale 3,000 1.8476
Sale 4,000 1.8797
Sale 500 1.8913
Sale 400 1.8309
Sale 5,000 1.8612
Sale 33,000 1.855
Sale 150 1.8296
Sale 5,345 1.851
Sale 20,000 1.8658
Sale 500 1.8425
Sale 601 1.8523
Sale 900 1.8453
Sale 263 1.8541
Sale 250 1.8559
Sale 1,036 1.8144
Sale 987 1.8465
Sale 4,000 1.8416
Sale 4,106 1.8285
Sale 700 1.8617
Sale 1,000 1.8494
Sale 1,000 1.8287
Sale 785 1.8671
Sale 497 1.8256
Sale 256 1.8509
Sale 500 1.8671
Sale 1,700 1.8449
Sale 3,290 1.8526
Sale 10,000 1.84
Sale 6,927 1.836
Sale 1,000 1.8913
Sale 57,134 1.8563
Sale 490 1.859
Sale 1,013 1.8432
Sale 1,500 1.8321
Sale 238 1.8486
Sale 5,922 1.835
Sale 3,758 1.8549
Sale 51 1.8314
Sale 18,315 1.835
Sale 1,600 1.8581
Sale 5,000 1.8532
Sale 538 1.8587
Sale 800 Transfer
Sale 1,777 1.8499
Sale 2,120 1.8462
Sale 40 1.8383
Sale 3,000 1.8407
Sale 1,300 Transfer
Sale 1,000 1.8596
Sale 500 1.8594
Sale 1,330 1.8551
Sale 415 1.8557
Sale 1,100 1.8607
Sale 4,362 1.8357
Sale 7,500 1.8393
Sale 700 1.8595
Sale 10,000 1.834
Sale 1,494 1.8624
Sale 346 1.8543
Sale 465 1.8476
Sale 1,000 1.8913
Sale 52 1.8453
Sale 391 1.8482
Sale 1,000 1.8532
Sale 2,000 1.8636
Sale 230 1.8627
Sale 11,700 Transfer
Sale 500 1.801
Sale 21,000 1.86
Sale 5 1.8566
Sale 421 1.8596
Sale 527 1.8453
Sale 800 1.8609
Sale 100 1.8408
Sale 136 1.8429
Sale 57 1.8494
Sale 1,200 1.8607
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per unit
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities (GBP)
CFD Short 2906 1.8303
CFD Short 53723 1.8433
CFD Short 59203 1.8487
CFD Short 3290 1.8525
CFD Short 161172 1.8584
CFD Long 57134 1.8563
CFD Long 20000 1.8658
(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 31 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