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 01 November 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 25,697,060 6.10% 170,114 0.04%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 7,007,042 1.66% 7,254,043 1.72%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 32,704,102 7.76% 7,424,157 1.76%
(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 1.7291
Purchase 11,024 1.804
Purchase 3,393 1.7682
Purchase 1,698 1.6945
Purchase 1,000 1.7211
Purchase 3,824 1.8193
Purchase 500 Transfer
Purchase 261 1.854
Purchase 694 1.7267
Purchase 304 1.7768
Purchase 4,210 1.7695
Purchase 24,930 1.805
Purchase 500 1.7695
Purchase 500 1.767
Purchase 1,062 1.7445
Purchase 2,141 1.7156
Purchase 28,312 1.766
Purchase 464 1.6997
Purchase 2,809 1.7798
Purchase 2,000 1.7742
Purchase 2,000 1.7785
Purchase 2,104 1.8228
Purchase 594 1.6827
Purchase 5,093 1.767
Purchase 1,066 1.854
Purchase 1,123 1.7805
Purchase 1,000 1.7097
Purchase 500 1.7642
Purchase 7,473 1.7298
Purchase 5,000 1.6834
Purchase 1,160 1.7094
Purchase 323 1.8523
Purchase 13,000 1.808
Purchase 1,153 1.7334
Purchase 400 1.7094
Purchase 1,000 1.7641
Purchase 4,000 1.7669
Purchase 2,830 1.7662
Purchase 5,493 1.81
Purchase 4,217 1.7785
Purchase 395 1.7694
Purchase 1,712 1.7391
Purchase 1,141 1.7379
Purchase 2,800 1.7742
Purchase 500 Transfer
Purchase 1,100 1.8102
Purchase 1,000 1.6687
Purchase 60,477 1.7166
Purchase 200 1.6992
Purchase 7,000 1.722
Purchase 14,060 1.778
Purchase 1,000 1.7434
Purchase 2,978 1.6786
Purchase 500 1.7586
Purchase 22,000 1.808
Purchase 869 1.7783
Purchase 1,695 1.7692
Purchase 2,383 1.6783
Purchase 500 1.7654
Purchase 551 1.8146
Purchase 273 1.7769
Purchase 28,263 1.76
Purchase 5,000 1.6984
Purchase 5,000 1.8178
Purchase 3,000 1.8118
Purchase 1,000 1.7491
Purchase 250 1.6833
Purchase 10,000 1.78
Purchase 1,133 1.7489
Purchase 39,000 1.78
Purchase 1,949 1.708
Purchase 8,500 1.79
Purchase 1,000 1.7431
Purchase 3,000 1.718
Purchase 747 1.7489
Purchase 23,543 1.699
Purchase 200 1.7782
Purchase 1,000 1.7692
Purchase 700 1.6983
Purchase 2,000 1.7786
Purchase 3,978 1.7489
Purchase 1,133 1.7447
Purchase 500 1.7776
Purchase 2,771 1.8042
Purchase 5,665 1.765
Purchase 1,092 1.8154
Purchase 1,489 1.6788
Purchase 5,000 1.7783
Purchase 555 1.7782
Purchase 1,096 1.8042
Purchase 2,342 1.7079
Purchase 292 1.7082
Purchase 565 1.7218
Purchase 126 1.7589
Purchase 5,747 1.74
Purchase 1,451 1.7089
Purchase 4,213 1.7695
Purchase 1,176 1.6992
Purchase 1,000 1.7442
Purchase 5,000 1.8203
Purchase 2,827 1.7568
Purchase 250 1.7185
Purchase 2,000 1.7386
Purchase 10,000 1.79
Purchase 1,662 1.8042
Purchase 173 1.854
Purchase 650 1.8042
Purchase 480 1.854
Purchase 1,000 1.8
Purchase 569 1.7248
Purchase 1,000 1.7798
Purchase 77 1.7682
Purchase 500 1.7878
Purchase 3,000 1.7836
Purchase 2,933 1.7985
Purchase 2,600 1.7884
Purchase 1,426 1.7391
Purchase 2,000 1.7669
Purchase 3,000 1.6827
Purchase 2,000 1.7786
Purchase 5,000 1.6895
Purchase 396 1.8098
Purchase 2,356 Transfer
Purchase 1,083 1.8169
Purchase 558 1.7669
Purchase 3,000 1.8092
Purchase 5,000 1.8042
Purchase 3,000 1.7669
Purchase 1,000 1.7687
Purchase 2,925 1.7094
Purchase 3,000 1.6846
Purchase 3,958 1.7684
Purchase 1,978 1.7694
Purchase 297 1.7886
Purchase 2,000 1.76
Purchase 2,036 1.7689
Purchase 5,000 1.7586
Purchase 5,000 1.7097
Purchase 1,683 1.7694
Purchase 1,000 1.7161
Purchase 500 1.7092
Purchase 10,000 1.789
Purchase 2,909 1.7077
Purchase 112 1.7295
Purchase 1,000 1.6998
Purchase 3,000 1.7038
Purchase 1,000 1.7692
Purchase 6,000 1.7686
Purchase 400 1.7785
Purchase 1,000 1.7052
Purchase 463 1.6923
Purchase 1,143 1.7489
Purchase 908 1.8136
Purchase 1,039 1.6827
Purchase 415 1.6827
Purchase 1,000 1.7082
Purchase 10,000 1.6723
Purchase 29,557 1.7219
Purchase 2,000 1.8176
Purchase 100 1.7489
Purchase 1,500 1.6827
Purchase 411 1.7021
Purchase 4,000 1.7086
Purchase 3,000 1.7489
Purchase 2,908 1.775
Purchase 977 1.7379
Purchase 1,769 1.6834
Purchase 105 1.7788
Purchase 10,000 1.739
Purchase 600 1.7387
Purchase 1,000 1.7878
Purchase 555 1.7692
Purchase 2,808 1.7687
Purchase 2,000 Transfer
Purchase 4,500 1.8146
Purchase 1,110 1.7859
Purchase 1,686 1.7654
Purchase 3,878 1.8048
Purchase 1,000 1.7797
Purchase 1,141 1.7379
Purchase 4,391 1.7082
Purchase 2,249 1.7489
Purchase 293 1.6988
Purchase 796 1.8828
Purchase 2,842 1.7592
Purchase 2,803 1.7836
Purchase 8,273 1.813
Purchase 2,832 1.7652
Purchase 774 1.7786
Purchase 500 1.7188
Purchase 7,890 1.778
Purchase 103 1.8136
Purchase 4,922 1.8177
Purchase 200 1.6788
Purchase 5,592 1.778
Purchase 277 1.7489
Purchase 1,753 1.7108
Purchase 1,715 1.7489
Purchase 4,000 1.7641
Purchase 285 1.7032
Purchase 5,000 1.7644
Purchase 600 1.7228
Purchase 455 1.7571
Purchase 582 1.7182
Purchase 1,686 1.7784
Purchase 3,185 1.7268
Purchase 2,000 1.8094
Purchase 5,000 1.6827
Sale 400 1.7433
Sale 1,100 1.7112
Sale 1,698 1.7276
Sale 75 1.7266
Sale 3,000 1.7822
Sale 250 1.6679
Sale 325 1.7723
Sale 2,800 1.7064
Sale 1,200 1.8045
Sale 1,066 1.762
Sale 317 1.7016
Sale 2,000 1.7346
Sale 590 1.7095
Sale 7,355 1.726
Sale 179 1.7615
Sale 7,007 1.72
Sale 7,473 1.712
Sale 7,812 1.77
Sale 5,000 1.7715
Sale 2,808 1.7301
Sale 2,595 1.7064
Sale 400 1.8054
Sale 428 1.7622
Sale 5,000 1.7115
Sale 4,000 1.7133
Sale 458 1.7064
Sale 568 1.7822
Sale 200 1.6712
Sale 1,081 1.7229
Sale 532 1.801
Sale 11,311 1.762
Sale 1,033 1.6678
Sale 20,000 1.7
Sale 800 1.7723
Sale 2,000 1.7702
Sale 865 1.7505
Sale 141 1.7215
Sale 300 1.8045
Sale 472 1.8037
Sale 3,000 1.7057
Sale 200 1.7675
Sale 223 1.6726
Sale 59,609 1.7475
Sale 700 1.779
Sale 1,251 1.8678
Sale 5,247 1.725
Sale 2,300 1.7218
Sale 4,922 1.7057
Sale 772 1.6735
Sale 675 1.8083
Sale 462 1.7301
Sale 1,769 1.714
Sale 2,000 1.7205
Sale 357 1.6985
Sale 575 1.826
Sale 26,535 1.6898
Sale 922 1.7132
Sale 138 1.7048
Sale 1,356 1.8221
Sale 700 1.7098
Sale 1,000 1.7066
Sale 204 1.7588
Sale 3,978 1.7155
Sale 500 1.8034
Sale 1,500 1.7571
Sale 1,634 1.7706
Sale 309 1.8056
Sale 1,132 1.8056
Sale 250 1.7707
Sale 88 1.826
Sale 711 1.7794
Sale 1,848 1.6722
Sale 22,559 1.808
Sale 2,932 1.7855
Sale 680 1.7064
Sale 1,406 1.783
Sale 317 1.7655
Sale 1,237 1.7649
Sale 4,213 1.7856
Sale 1,000 1.8075
Sale 9,710 1.713
Sale 1,100 1.8684
Sale 610 1.7215
Sale 156 1.7622
Sale 30 1.7132
Sale 901 1.7834
Sale 2,138 1.762
Sale 1,589 1.6722
Sale 3,000 1.7622
Sale 2,505 1.6845
Sale 274 1.7756
Sale 1,290 1.7675
Sale 2,000 1.715
Sale 500 1.7205
Sale 1,575 1.7713
Sale 1,000 1.7057
Sale 491 1.7822
Sale 5,000 1.7229
Sale 301 1.704
Sale 207 1.6985
Sale 1,000 1.8684
Sale 27,188 1.755
Sale 253 1.7822
Sale 4,314 1.7066
Sale 641 1.7505
Sale 500 1.8071
Sale 5,713 1.7225
Sale 4,642 1.7415
Sale 4,500 1.7205
Sale 494 1.7723
Sale 2,305 1.7456
Sale 2,242 1.7215
Sale 331 1.826
Sale 500 1.7232
Sale 9,163 1.755
Sale 550 1.7332
Sale 3,824 1.7709
Sale 2,987 1.6739
Sale 9,924 1.78
Sale 272 1.7006
Sale 1,250 1.7205
Sale 2,000 1.7253
Sale 1,000 1.7013
b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 10000 1.6722
CFD Short 60477 1.7166
CFD Short 29557 1.7219
CFD Short 31056 1.7754
CFD Long 26535 1.6898
CFD Long 59609 1.7474
CFD Long 11311 1.762
(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 02 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