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 02 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 24,681,272 5.86% 227,464 0.05%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 7,124,448 1.69% 7,315,766 1.74%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 31,805,720 7.55% 7,543,230 1.79%
(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 1.7078
Purchase 355 1.7078
Purchase 1,057 1.7002
Purchase 16,360 1.7023
Purchase 500 Transfer
Purchase 3,100 1.6975
Purchase 2,056 1.7038
Purchase 405 1.7067
Purchase 3,000 1.6876
Purchase 125 1.6944
Purchase 6,386 1.7022
Purchase 9,080 1.6436
Purchase 2,921 1.7117
Purchase 1,759 1.702
Purchase 3,829 1.6948
Purchase 500 1.7025
Purchase 58,526 1.7
Purchase 700 1.6865
Purchase 5,821 1.699
Purchase 578 1.6994
Purchase 88,480 1.7022
Purchase 2,000 1.7037
Purchase 1,498 1.6877
Purchase 315 1.6965
Purchase 3,000 1.6985
Purchase 5,000 1.7087
Purchase 1,176 1.6994
Purchase 575 1.6998
Purchase 342 1.7058
Purchase 149,591 1.7022
Purchase 5,000 1.6997
Purchase 40,800 1.7023
Purchase 20,427 1.7109
Purchase 200 1.6997
Purchase 2,300 1.713
Purchase 288 1.6976
Purchase 2,098 1.7088
Purchase 159 1.688
Purchase 555 1.713
Purchase 500 1.6998
Purchase 24,660 1.7053
Purchase 150 1.6976
Purchase 143 1.697
Purchase 300 1.6888
Purchase 3,000 1.6875
Purchase 287 1.7017
Purchase 1,000 1.7128
Purchase 5,000 1.7134
Purchase 1,800 1.6885
Purchase 584 1.6908
Purchase 2,000 1.7042
Purchase 287 1.6888
Purchase 579 1.6976
Purchase 147 1.681
Purchase 1,500 1.6986
Purchase 200 1.7145
Purchase 262 1.6994
Sale 16,360 1.7024
Sale 35,339 1.718
Sale 149,591 1.7022
Sale 32,067 1.7075
Sale 1,896 1.7054
Sale 300 1.7039
Sale 370 1.7054
Sale 1,000 1.7103
Sale 4,391 1.7013
Sale 525 1.711
Sale 2,771 1.6991
Sale 2,200 1.7012
Sale 40,800 1.7023
Sale 4,000 1.7103
Sale 700 1.6991
Sale 800 1.6947
Sale 400 1.6919
Sale 500 1.6962
Sale 250 1.7011
Sale 1,773 1.6954
Sale 134 1.7101
Sale 5,000 1.701
Sale 5,000 1.706
Sale 250 1.7074
Sale 500 1.7071
Sale 6,386 1.7022
Sale 1,000 1.6912
Sale 149,591 1.7022
Sale 1,000 1.7154
Sale 374 1.7215
Sale 2,564 1.7015
Sale 311 1.6991
Sale 500 1.6904
Sale 5,421 1.6643
Sale 4,000 1.7313
Sale 50,000 1.6993
Sale 7,500 1.698
Sale 88,480 1.7022
Sale 1,200 1.7091
Sale 626 1.7051
Sale 2,000 1.7111
Sale 1,891 1.7003
Sale 300 1.6831
Sale 1,752 1.7131
Sale 100 1.6927
Sale 98 1.7004
Sale 1,150 1.7057
Sale 330 1.6966
Sale 110 1.7071
Sale 467 1.6821
Sale 2,500 1.7014
Sale 10,000 1.699
Sale 150 1.6993
Sale 354 1.7007
Sale 9,823 1.699
Sale 416 1.6829
Sale 501 1.6966
Sale 600 1.7153
Sale 1,470 1.6993
Sale 212 1.7013
Sale 500 1.7053
Sale 1,700 1.6915
Sale 2,000 1.6915
Sale 88,480 1.7022
Sale 159 1.7
Sale 215 1.6829
Sale 40,800 1.7024
Sale 1,500 1.7121
Sale 874 1.6829
Sale 221 1.6927
Sale 9,000 1.698
Sale 450 1.6981
Sale 5,000 1.7006
Sale 298 1.6939
Sale 301,617 1.7022
Sale 16,368 1.71
Sale 800 1.7083
Sale 3,100 1.7056
Sale 1,181 1.6916
Sale 1,000 1.6961
Sale 1,000 1.7121
Sale 1,424 1.7053
Sale 2,495 1.6916
Sale 234 1.6884
Sale 5,194 1.699
Sale 474 1.7007
Sale 500 1.7006
Sale 877 1.7061
Sale 180 1.7121
Sale 1,000 1.7121
Sale 2,000 1.6933
Sale 1,800 1.7001
Sale 673 1.6919
Sale 2,245 1.6983
Sale 1,000 1.7153
Sale 531 1.6991
Sale 1,000 1.6983
Sale 500 1.6992
Sale 2,656 1.7021
Sale 47,201 1.699
Sale 2,000 1.6903
Sale 1,200 1.6829
Sale 715 1.6991
Sale 4,472 1.7004
Sale 1,000 1.7101
Sale 200 1.6912
Sale 1,285 1.7054
Sale 1,000 1.7001
Sale 5,639 1.699
Sale 2,000 1.7101
Sale 7,000 1.71
Sale 697 1.6929
Sale 3,751 1.7121
Sale 1,500 1.7006
Sale 382 1.6991
Sale 5,000 1.7002
Sale 43,200 1.7
Sale 66 1.6919
Sale 480 1.6901
Sale 1,489 1.7215
Sale 200 1.7006
Sale 304 1.6983
Sale 2,960 1.6916
Sale 456 1.6981
Sale 3,258 1.7034
Sale 622 1.7051
Sale 1,096 1.6961
Sale 10,000 1.69
Sale 783 1.7001
Sale 1,500 1.6829
Sale 2,000 1.6962
Sale 1,680 1.7073
Sale 12,000 1.69
Sale 200 1.6913
Sale 9,814 1.712
Sale 6,000 1.699
Sale 20 1.6981
Sale 165 1.6983
Sale 2,500 1.7121
Sale 250 1.6913
Sale 500 1.6966
Sale 512 1.6983
Sale 28,808 1.699
Sale 3,067 1.6944
Sale 734 1.7056
Sale 830 1.6981
Sale 2,390 1.7006
Sale 500 1.7014
Sale 396 1.7001
Sale 2,000 1.7051
Sale 1,000 1.7041
Sale 1,047 1.7041
Sale 350 1.6963
Sale 994 1.7013
Sale 1,019 1.7006
Sale 500 1.6912
Sale 503 1.7041
Sale 186 1.7071
Sale 500 1.701
Sale 3,120 1.7056
Sale 500 1.6844
Sale 159 1.685
Sale 603 1.6946
Sale 333 1.7001
Sale 25,000 1.7
Sale 2,000 1.6942
Sale 2,498 1.6991
Sale 4,397 1.706
Sale 171 1.6923
Sale 1,686 1.7071
Sale 3,000 1.6991
Sale 608 1.6771
Sale 400 1.7006
Sale 28,263 1.702
Sale 441 1.7082
Sale 91 1.6992
Sale 199 1.7101
Sale 473 1.7071
Sale 400 1.6957
Sale 1,355 1.704
Sale 6,650 1.699
Sale 400 1.7091
Sale 283 1.7001
Sale 936 1.7054
Sale 2,244 1.7023
Sale 7,000 1.71
Sale 1,200 1.6947
Sale 1,800 1.7072
Sale 431 1.7051
Sale 1,151 1.7021
Sale 7,000 1.696
Sale 359 1.6919
Sale 2,337 1.7121
Sale 500 1.7121
b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 1057 1.7001
CFD Short 24660 1.7052
CFD Short 15579 1.7095
CFD Short 20427 1.7109
CFD Long 50000 1.6992
CFD Long 32067 1.7074
CFD Long 35339 1.7179
(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 05 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