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 05 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 24,177,258 5.74% 436,681 0.10%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 7,383,197 1.75% 7,444,009 1.77%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 31,560,455 7.49% 7,880,690 1.87%
(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 1,205 1.6592
Purchase 1,000 1.6034
Purchase 500 1.6084
Purchase 1,206 1.6442
Purchase 1,000 1.6689
Purchase 4,000 1.6189
Purchase 330 Transfer
Purchase 12,290 1.7087
Purchase 3,439 1.6757
Purchase 250 1.6181
Purchase 1,238 1.6154
Purchase 5,095 1.6585
Purchase 500 1.6134
Purchase 200 1.6208
Purchase 150 Transfer
Purchase 4,000 1.5889
Purchase 1,176 1.6151
Purchase 159 1.6237
Purchase 5,445 1.6527
Purchase 1,000 1.6191
Purchase 100 1.7035
Purchase 17,944 1.6558
Purchase 1,000 1.6117
Purchase 2,954 Transfer
Purchase 606 1.6497
Purchase 305 1.5945
Purchase 1,000 1.6135
Purchase 4,375 1.6585
Purchase 636 1.6035
Purchase 598 1.6497
Purchase 4,164 1.681
Purchase 1,181 1.6646
Purchase 5,570 1.6157
Purchase 200 1.6154
Purchase 619 1.5945
Purchase 4,400 1.6242
Purchase 606 1.6214
Purchase 616 1.6226
Purchase 250 1.6168
Purchase 919 1.6317
Purchase 300 1.5945
Purchase 616 1.6027
Purchase 911 1.6797
Purchase 3,146 1.5891
Purchase 4,000 1.6575
Purchase 619 1.6134
Purchase 3,000 1.6279
Purchase 3,000 1.6317
Purchase 300 1.6613
Purchase 100 1.6517
Purchase 2,000 1.5945
Purchase 3,699 1.6117
Purchase 575 1.6059
Purchase 5,400 1.6603
Purchase 4,942 1.6089
Purchase 3,000 1.6189
Purchase 7,403 1.679
Purchase 301 1.6562
Purchase 657 1.6575
Purchase 1,852 1.6513
Purchase 1,000 1.6117
Purchase 1,450 1.7076
Purchase 4,676 1.6037
Purchase 45 1.6756
Purchase 629 1.5891
Purchase 1,500 1.6668
Purchase 587 1.681
Purchase 450 Transfer
Purchase 3,000 1.6214
Purchase 297 1.6799
Purchase 1,000 1.6189
Purchase 2,524 1.6887
Purchase 250 1.5945
Purchase 1,000 1.6225
Purchase 1,200 1.6172
Purchase 1,297 1.5908
Purchase 347 1.6537
Purchase 1,206 1.6442
Purchase 2,000 1.6089
Purchase 500 1.6035
Purchase 1,852 1.6513
Purchase 15,595 1.603
Purchase 500 1.6099
Purchase 4,331 1.6755
Sale 425 1.6515
Sale 1,000 1.5965
Sale 1,141 1.6225
Sale 1,898 1.6121
Sale 500 1.6719
Sale 3,699 1.584
Sale 11,024 1.62
Sale 90 1.7209
Sale 4,406 1.7001
Sale 500 1.6113
Sale 49 1.6212
Sale 1,601 1.6809
Sale 767 1.5903
Sale 3,439 1.7106
Sale 202 1.6128
Sale 1,000 1.6013
Sale 116 1.6515
Sale 189 1.6562
Sale 500 1.6013
Sale 1,071 1.6143
Sale 2,566 1.6562
Sale 464 1.6604
Sale 13,027 1.622
Sale 250 1.7022
Sale 2,000 1.6006
Sale 4,400 1.7065
Sale 3,000 1.7154
Sale 750 1.6121
Sale 500 1.7207
Sale 1,000 1.6618
Sale 155 1.6207
Sale 300 1.7046
Sale 3,175 1.5903
Sale 4,676 1.6936
Sale 1,000 1.6607
Sale 2,838 1.6047
Sale 1,000 1.6003
Sale 1,000 1.6631
Sale 250 1.6513
Sale 250 1.6609
Sale 3,568 1.604
Sale 1,448 1.7206
Sale 1,141 1.6225
Sale 194 1.7023
Sale 1,000 1.6607
Sale 1,252 1.5904
Sale 617 1.6087
Sale 601 1.6017
Sale 173 1.6805
Sale 600 1.6087
Sale 6,598 1.6543
Sale 919 1.7107
Sale 300 1.6215
Sale 47 1.6134
Sale 100 1.5857
Sale 2,978 1.6557
Sale 393 1.6005
Sale 619 1.6121
Sale 3,000 1.6809
Sale 5,000 1.6537
Sale 1,000 1.6013
Sale 276 1.6515
Sale 3,999 1.6147
Sale 12,290 1.7213
Sale 4,100 1.6639
Sale 10,000 1.7213
Sale 252 1.6172
Sale 4,878 1.7124
Sale 11,306 1.6042
Sale 8,273 1.7103
Sale 1,017 1.672
Sale 4,000 1.6809
Sale 1,500 Transfer
Sale 5,000 1.6545
Sale 3,200 1.6537
Sale 63,685 1.625
Sale 655 1.7022
Sale 65,565 1.6433
Sale 2,400 1.6557
Sale 450 1.621
Sale 750 1.621
Sale 500 1.6503
Sale 159 1.656
Sale 1,250 1.621
Sale 6,941 1.6543
Sale 1,852 1.6513
Sale 10,800 1.6897
Sale 2,524 1.6887
Sale 300 1.7219
Sale 450 1.621
Sale 1,250 1.6503
Sale 1,050 1.621
Sale 575 1.6005
Sale 1,038 1.6087
Sale 41 1.6147
Sale 3,146 1.6623
Sale 102 1.6155
Sale 4,000 1.6536
Sale 245 1.6545
Sale 1,240 1.6135
Sale 491 1.6513
Sale 5,435 1.6533
Sale 3,573 1.6562
Sale 1,500 1.621
Sale 1,500 1.621
Sale 114 1.6557
Sale 316 1.584
Sale 581 1.6527
Sale 1,050 1.6655
Sale 5,000 1.6128
Sale 494 1.6003
Sale 86 1.6275
Sale 1,000 Transfer
Sale 1,220 1.6121
Sale 314 1.6515
Sale 600 1.621
Sale 44,749 1.617
Sale 20,000 1.6682
Sale 1,000 1.6713
Sale 2,524 1.6887
Sale 1,220 1.7219
Sale 500 1.621
Sale 900 1.621
Sale 600 1.6503
Sale 600 1.621
Sale 850 1.6503
Sale 450 1.621
Sale 750 1.621
Sale 450 1.621
Sale 1,620 1.7015
Sale 1,000 1.7219
Sale 7,705 1.6135
Sale 1,818 1.6127
Sale 5,570 1.6105
Sale 7,403 1.7
Sale 6,576 1.6513
Sale 616 1.6529
Sale 1,000 1.6512
Sale 381 1.6553
Sale 300 1.6553
Sale 15,595 1.6255
Sale 4,300 1.7103
Sale 500 1.7119
Sale 44,580 1.651
Sale 530 1.6515
Sale 600 1.6722
Sale 4,217 1.7183
Sale 964 1.6152
Sale 800 1.6005
Sale 3,000 1.6134
Sale 500 1.7107
Sale 402 1.6043
Sale 500 1.6023
Sale 100 1.6629
Sale 1,000 1.614
Sale 14,175 1.6005
Sale 79 1.6023
Sale 1,000 1.6537
Sale 5,000 1.6557
Sale 1,000 1.6524
Sale 4,000 1.6207
Sale 1,676 1.6703
Sale 1,000 1.5863
Sale 5,095 1.7183
Sale 473 1.6515
Sale 1,588 1.6168
Sale 5,000 1.6607
Sale 3,000 1.6562
Sale 457 1.656
Sale 1,785 1.6809
Sale 1,675 1.6553
Sale 1,527 1.6003
Sale 300 1.6553
Sale 564 1.614
Sale 1,560 1.614
Sale 1,143 1.6513
Sale 14,000 1.703
Sale 2,216 1.614
Sale 1,778 1.6143
Sale 5,000 1.6539
Sale 363 1.6523
Sale 39,000 1.691
Sale 5,000 1.6087
Sale 4,129 1.6023
Sale 5,445 1.6503
Sale 2,000 1.7103
b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 310 1.6101
CFD Short 1852 1.6512
CFD Short 102737 1.6557
CFD Short 17944 1.6558
CFD Short 5400 1.6603
CFD Long 44749 1.617
CFD Long 65565 1.6433
CFD Long 18556 1.6519
CFD Long 96555 1.6604
CFD Long 20000 1.6682
CFD Long 2524 1.6887
CFD Long 10800 1.6896
(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 06 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