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 31 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 25,352,206 6.02% 180,114 0.04%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 6,909,587 1.64% 7,122,953 1.69%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 32,261,793 7.66% 7,303,067 1.73%
(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 1,000 1.8356
Purchase 3,000 1.8278
Purchase 898 1.836
Purchase 2,000 1.7942
Purchase 8,500 1.786
Purchase 23,000 1.84
Purchase 2,047 1.8092
Purchase 472 1.8195
Purchase 1,000 1.8097
Purchase 3,826 1.8294
Purchase 13,671 1.819
Purchase 494 1.8533
Purchase 120 Transfer
Purchase 1,000 1.7852
Purchase 500 1.8388
Purchase 3,000 1.8259
Purchase 1,672 1.7942
Purchase 2,000 1.8237
Purchase 261 1.8345
Purchase 10,000 1.8382
Purchase 2,000 1.8345
Purchase 1,251 1.8234
Purchase 266 1.8259
Purchase 54 1.817
Purchase 1,090 1.8342
Purchase 5,000 1.7942
Purchase 5,280 1.8195
Purchase 5,008 1.835
Purchase 165 1.8453
Purchase 23 1.8297
Purchase 250 1.7942
Purchase 3,283 1.8274
Purchase 2,723 1.836
Purchase 1,000 1.7975
Purchase 150 1.836
Purchase 5,524 1.8
Purchase 1,000 Transfer
Purchase 5,000 1.8134
Purchase 1,651 1.817
Purchase 1,356 1.8285
Purchase 5,420 1.845
Purchase 4,538 1.8274
Purchase 3,000 1.842
Purchase 225 1.8285
Purchase 139 1.8346
Purchase 1,474 1.8385
Purchase 1,200 1.8439
Purchase 298 1.7942
Purchase 100 1.8258
Purchase 3,000 1.8055
Purchase 4,094 1.8209
Purchase 500 1.7942
Purchase 1,100 1.837
Purchase 1,730 1.8365
Purchase 30,168 1.8147
Purchase 1 1.845
Purchase 769 1.7942
Purchase 265 1.8374
Purchase 270 1.7942
Purchase 5,514 1.7945
Purchase 5,572 1.7945
Purchase 3,089 1.8194
Purchase 4,772 1.8185
Purchase 158,117 1.8434
Purchase 1,178 1.8325
Purchase 2,201 1.817
Purchase 2,715 1.8294
Purchase 5,435 1.8295
Purchase 888 1.8092
Purchase 536 1.8328
Purchase 1,359 1.8384
Purchase 3,000 1.8435
Purchase 1,100 1.8268
Purchase 2,751 1.817
Purchase 296 1.8376
Purchase 191,276 1.8309
Purchase 1,730 1.8365
Purchase 125 1.8085
Purchase 111,978 1.8367
Purchase 2,715 1.8292
Purchase 1,000 1.8055
Purchase 20,667 1.8272
Purchase 4,000 1.7942
Purchase 4,235 1.7942
Purchase 7,500 1.838
Purchase 1,550 1.8055
Sale 500 1.8314
Sale 699 1.8248
Sale 2,507 1.8502
Sale 1,651 1.8506
Sale 4,094 1.8398
Sale 591 1.8223
Sale 3,000 1.8515
Sale 851 1.8248
Sale 130 1.832
Sale 5,524 1.82
Sale 3,000 1.8525
Sale 575 1.8159
Sale 5,008 1.824
Sale 300 1.8033
Sale 4,772 1.8479
Sale 4,015 1.8322
Sale 58 1.8239
Sale 1,300 1.831
Sale 247 1.8525
Sale 680 1.833
Sale 121,283 1.843
Sale 750 1.8315
Sale 2,751 1.8303
Sale 630 1.8382
Sale 497 1.8405
Sale 500 1.8166
Sale 1,730 1.8365
Sale 500 1.8525
Sale 750 1.8315
Sale 13,250 1.821
Sale 632 1.8269
Sale 500 1.7828
Sale 650 1.8404
Sale 1,156 1.8248
Sale 3,000 1.8513
Sale 555 1.844
Sale 4,092 1.833
Sale 780 1.8274
Sale 295 1.8223
Sale 17 1.8319
Sale 1,000 1.821
Sale 3,404 1.8409
Sale 500 1.8513
Sale 462 1.8413
Sale 3,184 1.8315
Sale 1,257 1.8349
Sale 943 1.8385
Sale 600 1.8155
Sale 1,000 1.8513
Sale 1,000 1.8294
Sale 810 1.8119
Sale 500 1.8307
Sale 10,000 1.841
Sale 1,000 1.8001
Sale 5,000 1.833
Sale 1,500 1.84
Sale 475 1.8168
Sale 8,372 1.831
Sale 1,592 1.8315
Sale 247 1.8322
Sale 3,000 1.8398
Sale 2,500 1.8496
Sale 500 1.8387
Sale 2,368 1.8323
Sale 104 1.8398
Sale 392 1.8248
Sale 4,000 1.832
Sale 50 1.8315
Sale 2,723 1.8246
Sale 125 1.8342
Sale 1,000 1.8363
Sale 817 1.8315
Sale 898 1.8324
Sale 5,000 1.821
Sale 1,993 1.8333
Sale 500 1.8333
Sale 700 1.8113
Sale 1,158 1.8307
Sale 2,500 1.8274
Sale 165 1.8266
Sale 1,000 1.8309
Sale 2,279 1.8255
Sale 5,572 1.8233
Sale 7,450 1.805
Sale 658 1.8315
Sale 1,000 1.8406
Sale 321 1.8118
Sale 1,311 1.8381
Sale 2,715 1.8513
Sale 600 1.8283
Sale 2,000 1.8239
Sale 137 1.8323
Sale 494 1.8324
Sale 8,994 1.82
Sale 2,201 1.8525
Sale 9,323 1.822
Sale 566 1.8307
Sale 1,925 1.8307
Sale 1,076 1.7915
Sale 2,715 1.8515
Sale 4,235 1.8315
Sale 1,500 1.8325
Sale 2,011 1.8266
Sale 2,000 1.8407
Sale 3,088 1.833
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per unit
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities (GBP)
CFD Short 30168 1.8146
CFD Short 20667 1.8271
CFD Short 1730 1.8364
CFD Short 46622 1.8366
CFD Short 111978 1.8367
CFD Short 158117 1.8433
CFD Short 494 1.8533
CFD Long 121283 1.8429
CFD Long 4772 1.8479
(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 01 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