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 06 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 24,138,502 5.73% 449,766 0.11%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 7,611,084 1.81% 7,536,205 1.79%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 31,749,586 7.54% 7,985,971 1.90%%
(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 5,000 1.7121
Purchase 1,509 1.6892
Purchase 1,205 1.6585
Purchase 30,395 1.645
Purchase 5,856 1.6977
Purchase 7,273 1.6639
Purchase 3,082 1.6761
Purchase 1,000 1.6761
Purchase 6,027 1.6497
Purchase 1,140 1.7344
Purchase 1,200 1.6562
Purchase 100 1.6978
Purchase 602 1.6587
Purchase 200 1.6892
Purchase 35 1.6478
Purchase 1,216 1.6435
Purchase 769 1.6434
Purchase 3,000 1.7142
Purchase 4,450 1.7324
Purchase 7,192 1.659
Purchase 2,000 1.6909
Purchase 59,025 1.745
Purchase 1,811 1.6411
Purchase 2,000 1.7396
Purchase 3,058 1.6358
Purchase 4,467 1.669
Purchase 168 1.6992
Purchase 2,000 1.6987
Purchase 1,219 1.6394
Purchase 1,484 1.6842
Purchase 400 1.6969
Purchase 28,653 1.745
Purchase 100 1.6408
Purchase 500 1.6517
Purchase 5,000 1.7425
Purchase 4,000 1.6963
Purchase 1,138 1.7371
Purchase 5,000 1.6358
Purchase 2,108 1.6762
Purchase 4,094 1.7097
Purchase 182 1.6892
Purchase 258 1.7389
Purchase 333 1.6508
Purchase 1,500 1.6497
Purchase 6,100 1.6957
Purchase 102,737 1.6557
Purchase 903 1.6525
Purchase 30,000 1.7176
Purchase 55,037 1.6859
Purchase 373 1.7442
Purchase 5,054 1.64
Purchase 4,800 1.6498
Purchase 2,359 1.708
Purchase 310 1.6102
Purchase 4,368 1.7066
Purchase 2,662 1.6775
Purchase 1,000 1.6645
Purchase 4,000 1.6987
Purchase 200 1.6959
Purchase 4,012 1.7445
Purchase 28,901 1.73
Purchase 113 1.6494
Purchase 1,557 1.6691
Purchase 1,000 1.676
Purchase 1,098 1.6385
Purchase 11,908 1.754
Purchase 3,645 1.6358
Sale 400 1.651
Sale 500 1.6849
Sale 500 1.7357
Sale 1,200 1.7363
Sale 4,000 1.6832
Sale 100 1.6739
Sale 1,500 1.7503
Sale 450 1.6351
Sale 1,287 1.7272
Sale 1,332 1.7279
Sale 100 1.6996
Sale 3,348 1.6619
Sale 4,467 1.7386
Sale 1,000 1.687
Sale 1,332 1.7423
Sale 5,000 1.648
Sale 1,814 1.7246
Sale 790 1.6513
Sale 52 1.6414
Sale 500 1.6857
Sale 2,000 1.6927
Sale 1,285 1.7304
Sale 1,250 1.7043
Sale 355 1.7246
Sale 2,500 1.7006
Sale 700 1.6872
Sale 500 Transfer
Sale 345 1.7113
Sale 20 1.643
Sale 2,036 1.7098
Sale 80 1.6943
Sale 125 1.6857
Sale 1,958 1.6351
Sale 652 1.6719
Sale 1,000 1.6657
Sale 100 1.6935
Sale 5,856 1.7405
Sale 9,601 1.746
Sale 957 1.637
Sale 7,313 1.7405
Sale 1,459 1.7466
Sale 1,138 1.7063
Sale 1,500 1.7503
Sale 4,000 1.7386
Sale 414 1.6917
Sale 3,593 1.7405
Sale 3,500 1.7322
Sale 1,000 1.7464
Sale 7,192 1.64
Sale 298 1.687
Sale 4,094 1.6949
Sale 80,193 1.7031
Sale 1,073 1.653
Sale 96,555 1.6605
Sale 30,000 1.6654
Sale 880 1.654
Sale 4 1.64
Sale 368 1.647
Sale 500 1.722
Sale 2,000 1.6366
Sale 62,265 1.6875
Sale 18,556 1.652
Sale 3,981 1.6414
Sale 317 1.7426
Sale 147 1.6857
Sale 258 1.6924
Sale 600 1.7033
Sale 1,000 1.6916
Sale 4,450 1.6423
Sale 1,500 1.7464
Sale 1,034 1.653
Sale 7,400 1.732
Sale 75 1.6401
Sale 6,170 1.64
Sale 1,714 1.7503
Sale 1,000 1.7323
Sale 218 1.7407
Sale 616 1.7503
Sale 3,000 1.6937
Sale 310 1.7272
Sale 134 1.725
Sale 253 1.6923
Sale 321 1.654
Sale 26,095 1.707
Sale 470 1.6872
Sale 144 1.6749
Sale 3,082 1.6374
Sale 2,500 1.6883
Sale 437 1.732
Sale 915 1.658
Sale 3,036 1.6416
Sale 176 1.6979
Sale 1,550 1.719
Sale 526 1.7043
Sale 500 1.733
Sale 432 1.637
Sale 1,969 1.6513
Sale 55,425 1.7142
Sale 2,000 1.6719
b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 4800 1.6497
CFD Short 55037 1.6858
CFD Short 2359 1.7079
CFD Short 30000 1.7175
CFD Long 4 1.64
CFD Long 30000 1.6654
CFD Long 62265 1.6874
CFD Long 80193 1.703
CFD Long 55425 1.7141
(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 07 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