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 30 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 22,924,690 5.44% 138,932 0.03%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 13,299,173 3.16% 13,354,935 3.17%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 36,223,863 8.60% 13,493,867 3.20%
(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 Price per unit
Securities (GBP)
Purchase 1,500 1.07
Purchase 1,000 1.1076
Purchase 1,000 1.0926
Purchase 5,000 1.055
Purchase 1,000 1.0789
Purchase 79 1.1065
Purchase 1,000 1.1036
Purchase 1,000 1.1139
Purchase 188 1.0687
Purchase 6,781 1.106
Purchase 550 1.0915
Purchase 800 1.0967
Purchase 1,500 1.112
Purchase 6,800 1.069
Purchase 91 1.0935
Purchase 1,500 1.076
Purchase 5,000 1.103
Purchase 1,000 1.0981
Purchase 10,000 1.099
Purchase 250 1.0935
Purchase 953 1.0492
Purchase 1,000 1.0789
Purchase 2,519 1.18
Purchase 9,115 1.097
Purchase 425 1.1754
Purchase 8,996 1.1
Purchase 959 1.0997
Purchase 2,806 1.069
Purchase 1,660 1.0935
Purchase 1,000 1.1018
Purchase 36,113 1.1
Purchase 197 1.0975
Purchase 1,000 1.0869
Purchase 1,000 1.0756
Purchase 1,000 1.0615
Purchase 809 1.0968
Purchase 213 Transfer
Purchase 46 1.0859
Purchase 321 1.0673
Purchase 1,500 1.087
Purchase 1,355 1.096
Purchase 402 1.169
Purchase 1,377 1.089
Purchase 374 1.0972
Purchase 1,500 1.108
Purchase 910 1.0977
Purchase 834 1.178
Purchase 902 1.0895
Purchase 5,000 1.1
Purchase 64 1.0749
Purchase 980 1.0983
Purchase 500 1.0935
Purchase 90 1.1028
Purchase 5,181 1.098
Purchase 1,036 1.1045
Purchase 4,973 1.098
Purchase 2,270 1.0935
Purchase 616 1.0791
Purchase 35 1.0789
Purchase 1,500 1.087
Purchase 213 1.169
Purchase 1,000 1.0614
Purchase 1,350 1.1
Purchase 1,802 1.1
Purchase 898 1.0999
Purchase 219 1.0971
Purchase 2,491 1.076
Purchase 9,823 1.18
Purchase 1,000 1.0664
Purchase 500 1.0665
Purchase 896 1.1016
Purchase 6,777 1.1
Purchase 3,500 1.112
Purchase 21,697 1.1
Purchase 3,050 1.109
Purchase 1,785 1.12
Purchase 2,000 1.087
Purchase 28,508 1.099
Purchase 898 1.0997
Purchase 825 1.1445
Purchase 9,055 1.098
Purchase 2,400 1.045
Purchase 877 1.0643
Purchase 165 1.0959
Purchase 152,520 1.0908
Purchase 898 1.0996
Purchase 98,646 1.0937
Purchase 3,000 1.099
Purchase 1,000 1.0963
Purchase 438 1.1045
Purchase 8,653 1.1102
Purchase 5,079 1.0602
Purchase 268,511 1.18
Purchase 3,000 1.109
Purchase 191 1.169
Purchase 1,348 1.112
Purchase 100 Transfer
Purchase 1,000 1.0492
Purchase 200 1.0999
Purchase 5,218 1.098
Purchase 427 1.169
Purchase 1,500 1.096
Purchase 441 1.1118
Purchase 1,055 1.12
Purchase 1,000 1.0947
Sale 615 1.0907
Sale 347 1.1001
Sale 1,527 1.079
Sale 6,777 1.099
Sale 2,500 1.089
Sale 7,425 1.152
Sale 155 1.1405
Sale 542 1.1181
Sale 1,800 1.062
Sale 100 1.0846
Sale 100 1.102
Sale 2,400 1.099
Sale 180 1.1165
Sale 227 1.0953
Sale 24,985 1.071
Sale 2,100 1.097
Sale 1,621 1.124
Sale 2,500 1.109
Sale 1,709 1.11
Sale 2,600 1.111
Sale 402 1.0565
Sale 500 1.0927
Sale 1,656 1.08
Sale 100 1.0559
Sale 3,677 1.09
Sale 1,694 1.072
Sale 2,806 1.089
Sale 959 1.0616
Sale 6,800 1.15
Sale 2,940 1.099
Sale 2,500 1.18
Sale 341 1.0724
Sale 1,000 1.0991
Sale 2,150 1.099
Sale 500 1.1055
Sale 700 1.1029
Sale 3,500 1.131
Sale 223 1.162
Sale 11,710 1.15
Sale 8,438 1.122
Sale 217 1.0991
Sale 5,000 1.165
Sale 7,000 1.102
Sale 270 1.1033
Sale 3,000 1.088
Sale 5,000 1.099
Sale 10,000 1.097
Sale 7,153 1.12
Sale 1,000 1.18
Sale 9,115 1.089
Sale 500 1.0923
Sale 79 1.1148
Sale 309 1.08
Sale 750 1.1023
Sale 9,823 1.18
Sale 138,988 1.18
Sale 350 1.08
Sale 650 1.08
Sale 1,000 1.102
Sale 2,400 1.11
Sale 500 1.1263
Sale 199 1.104
Sale 400 1.1137
Sale 980 1.131
Sale 4,977 1.072
Sale 10,000 1.15
Sale 500 1.1238
Sale 500 1.0635
Sale 20,000 1.0968
Sale 425 1.0918
Sale 432 1.1071
Sale 5,629 1.092
Sale 3,000 1.16
Sale 500 1.0599
Sale 834 1.1018
Sale 15,000 1.077
Sale 5,000 1.085
Sale 1,762 1.08
Sale 1,213 1.07
Sale 4,000 1.103
Sale 8,293 1.061
Sale 500 1.0916
Sale 503 1.1078
Sale 2,491 1.09
Sale 1,874 1.076
Sale 1,785 1.101
Sale 400 1.0992
Sale 476 1.1025
Sale 359 1.1022
Sale 400 1.0781
Sale 3,000 1.122
Sale 120 1.0899
Sale 3,000 1.115
Sale 2,270 1.08
Sale 500 1.0617
Sale 8,293 1.099
Sale 159,447 1.0943
Sale 3,500 1.096
Sale 953 1.0859
Sale 1,125 1.102
Sale 2,341 1.09
Sale 8,272 1.085
Sale 272 1.0864
Sale 5,000 1.071
Sale 5,000 1.082
Sale 791 1.0608
Sale 5,000 1.099
b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 5079 1.0602
CFD Short 152520 1.0907
CFD Short 98646 1.0937
CFD Short 8653 1.1102
CFD Long 159447 1.0942
CFD Long 20000 1.0967
CFD Long 79 1.1148
(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 03 December 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