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 20 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 23,686,027 5.62% 127,769 0.03%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 10,689,974 2.54% 11,282,278 2.68%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 34,376,001 8.16% 11,410,047 2.71%
(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 (GBP)
Securities
Purchase 6,000 0.83
Purchase 1,000 0.831
Purchase 284 0.814
Purchase 1,500 0.805
Purchase 11,979 0.83
Purchase 1,590 0.83
Purchase 117 0.828
Purchase 12,570 0.791
Purchase 1,200 0.845
Purchase 523 0.895
Purchase 6,524 0.843
Purchase 1,800 0.886
Purchase 353 0.8477
Purchase 3,317 0.844
Purchase 2,308 0.859
Purchase 6,791 0.8772
Purchase 5,300 0.931
Purchase 595 0.84
Purchase 3,523 0.8
Purchase 176 0.8397
Purchase 5,834 0.857
Purchase 1,000 0.798
Purchase 2,985 0.831
Purchase 5,000 0.834
Purchase 1,200 0.841
Purchase 628 0.795
Purchase 291 0.831
Purchase 7,000 0.8
Purchase 10,795 Transfer
Purchase 2,963 0.837
Purchase 2,000 0.825
Purchase 456 0.855
Purchase 8,007 0.86
Purchase 1,000 0.9087
Purchase 1,000 0.8395
Purchase 500 0.831
Purchase 1,000 0.8547
Purchase 1,000 0.854
Purchase 150 0.844
Purchase 577 0.841
Purchase 1,469 0.808
Purchase 1,772 0.81
Purchase 5,844 0.85
Purchase 621 0.79
Purchase 1,000 0.85
Purchase 3,000 0.808
Purchase 235 Transfer
Purchase 2,000 0.869
Purchase 476 0.8397
Purchase 1,422 0.831
Purchase 177 0.843
Purchase 2,500 0.8476
Purchase 1,250 0.8
Purchase 580 0.836
Purchase 2,000 0.85
Purchase 337 0.865
Purchase 10 0.842
Purchase 3,409 0.88
Purchase 10,000 0.849
Purchase 2,409 0.83
Purchase 289 0.8632
Purchase 119 0.836
Purchase 306 0.816
Purchase 169 0.839
Purchase 570 0.8762
Purchase 2,329 0.849
Purchase 591 0.8546
Purchase 61 0.86
Purchase 1,296 0.837
Purchase 3,000 0.84
Purchase 33,707 0.89
Purchase 120 0.798
Purchase 500 0.8
Purchase 5,000 0.869
Purchase 364 0.825
Purchase 109 0.8396
Purchase 2,305 0.86
Purchase 643 0.839
Purchase 109 0.91
Purchase 9,496 0.837
Purchase 2,500 0.8
Purchase 2,349 0.842
Purchase 100 0.8486
Purchase 537 0.9037
Purchase 1,000 0.798
Purchase 8,235 0.85
Purchase 1,000 0.825
Purchase 10,000 0.839
Purchase 1,122 0.88
Purchase 100 0.798
Purchase 1,242 0.795
Purchase 2,360 0.8473
Purchase 1,200 0.8425
Purchase 1,190 0.83
Purchase 7 0.828
Purchase 1,000 0.855
Purchase 500 0.86
Purchase 1,000 0.814
Purchase 300 0.8787
Purchase 1,169 0.855
Purchase 2,500 0.831
Purchase 9,000 0.857
Purchase 578 0.84
Purchase 1,156 0.85
Purchase 4,410 0.839
Purchase 781 0.818
Purchase 1,961 0.859
Purchase 2,325 0.86
Purchase 2,256 0.879
Purchase 10,000 0.879
Purchase 5,000 0.88
Purchase 4,000 0.8431
Purchase 5,889 0.849
Purchase 1,163 0.849
Purchase 2,000 0.8777
Purchase 3,000 0.839
Purchase 221 0.8428
Purchase 10,807 0.92
Purchase 4,502 0.844
Purchase 10,000 0.793
Purchase 150,420 0.8462
Purchase 5,964 0.833
Purchase 2,567 0.85
Purchase 450 0.8767
Purchase 2,000 0.8982
Purchase 111,036 0.848
Purchase 1,151 0.858
Purchase 278 0.851
Purchase 6,668 0.845
Purchase 433,081 0.8547
Purchase 4,096 1.326
Purchase 20,000 1
Purchase 5,000 0.831
Purchase 400 0.849
Purchase 1,500 0.84
Purchase 38,253 0.8452
Purchase 1,000 0.831
Purchase 2,000 0.837
Purchase 33,000 0.82
Purchase 5,400 0.8502
Sale 600 0.735
Sale 8,826 0.8735
Sale 600 0.735
Sale 74 Transfer
Sale 100 Transfer
Sale 1,500 0.8321
Sale 1,150 0.735
Sale 700 0.735
Sale 580 0.8625
Sale 1,200 0.735
Sale 500 0.8372
Sale 428,958 0.8547
Sale 1,500 0.8937
Sale 2,500 0.735
Sale 24,549 0.888
Sale 600 0.735
Sale 318 0.815
Sale 1,200 0.735
Sale 2,500 0.735
Sale 10,000 0.901
Sale 1,350 0.837
Sale 2,295 0.8366
Sale 155 0.8499
Sale 450 0.735
Sale 2,500 0.8727
Sale 1,700 0.735
Sale 115 0.815
Sale 332 0.9006
Sale 1,000 0.8555
Sale 500 0.8892
Sale 948 0.836
Sale 948 0.8433
Sale 300 0.735
Sale 500 0.8503
Sale 5,834 0.836
Sale 3,000 0.8244
Sale 1,541 0.8375
Sale 450 0.735
Sale 701 0.832
Sale 700 0.735
Sale 600 0.735
Sale 800 0.8244
Sale 327 0.8113
Sale 1,122 0.9
Sale 4,323 0.835
Sale 973 0.812
Sale 8,007 0.885
Sale 1,000 0.735
Sale 2,403 0.785
Sale 500 0.84
Sale 400 0.735
Sale 2,000 0.8139
Sale 235 Transfer
Sale 2,091 0.812
Sale 896 0.86
Sale 700 0.735
Sale 1,500 0.735
Sale 7,000 0.8494
Sale 600 0.735
Sale 2,074 0.8565
Sale 26,418 0.904
Sale 115 Transfer
Sale 259 0.8775
Sale 300 0.828
Sale 1,300 0.735
Sale 500 0.8903
Sale 800 0.735
Sale 1,600 0.735
Sale 1,242 0.857
Sale 2,305 0.815
Sale 4,096 1.326
Sale 250 0.852
Sale 400 0.735
Sale 1,091 0.835
Sale 1,447 0.8594
Sale 675 0.735
Sale 5,900 0.8386
Sale 10,000 0.835
Sale 250 0.8712
Sale 250 0.735
Sale 1,000 0.735
Sale 404 Transfer
Sale 400 0.735
Sale 350 0.735
Sale 615 0.815
Sale 785 0.838
Sale 120 0.8352
Sale 26,143 0.8362
Sale 775 0.735
Sale 7 0.835
Sale 1,400 0.735
Sale 1,000 0.86
Sale 1,300 0.735
Sale 300 0.815
Sale 3,409 0.7808
Sale 450 0.735
Sale 450 0.735
Sale 3,300 0.852
Sale 4,000 0.832
Sale 3,000 0.835
Sale 200 0.832
Sale 397 0.8325
Sale 50,000 0.842
Sale 374 0.8375
Sale 2,907 0.815
Sale 65 0.8775
Sale 4,000 0.902
Sale 500 0.85
Sale 7,000 0.835
Sale 1,500 0.9006
Sale 3,809 0.837
Sale 5 Transfer
Sale 500 0.7868
Sale 981 0.848
Sale 997 0.786
Sale 500 0.8008
Sale 1,500 0.7843
Sale 50,770 0.86
Sale 1,275 0.735
Sale 20 0.85
Sale 148 0.853
Sale 1,347 0.902
Sale 500 0.838
Sale 500 0.8423
Sale 300 0.8937
Sale 500 0.8584
Sale 1,000 0.7808
Sale 250 0.8805
Sale 10,807 0.837
Sale 33,000 0.8518
Sale 1,281 0.81
Sale 1,000 0.815
Sale 5,889 0.835
Sale 143 0.8525
Sale 333 0.815
Sale 2,411 0.85
Sale 367 0.8138
Sale 3,523 0.852
Sale 958 0.83
Sale 1,606 0.815
Sale 7,000 0.8526
Sale 594 0.885
Sale 6,000 0.852
Sale 1,068 Transfer
Sale 29 0.8355
Sale 11,283 0.842
Sale 650 0.815
Sale 6,000 0.7918
Sale 913 0.802
Sale 10,000 0.839
Sale 3,000 0.815
Sale 41,500 0.835
Sale 500 0.735
Sale 212 0.815
Sale 952 0.8475
Sale 1,000 0.735
Sale 900 0.735
Sale 500 0.735
Sale 3,935 0.828
Sale 450 0.735
Sale 2,000 0.8455
Sale 1,276 0.832
Sale 291 0.815
Sale 450 0.735
Sale 1,367 Transfer
Sale 750 0.735
Sale 64 Transfer
Sale 800 0.856
Sale 1,590 0.8515
Sale 150 0.8
Sale 1,000 0.735
Sale 700 0.8458
Sale 424 0.7828
Sale 500 0.8733
Sale 900 0.735
Sale 2,200 0.735
Sale 809 0.838
Sale 887 0.84
Sale 2,091 0.812
Sale 314 0.8932
Sale 1,296 0.8977
Sale 1,000 0.845
Sale 15,000 0.841
Sale 2,000 0.8937
Sale 313 0.8927
Sale 2,418 0.838
Sale 4,000 0.889
Sale 600 0.735
Sale 1,190 0.847
Sale 1,000 0.8682
Sale 1,469 0.8335
Sale 700 0.735
Sale 900 0.735
Sale 1,000 0.835
Sale 5,000 0.848
Sale 1,500 0.821
Sale 700 0.735
Sale 10,000 0.816
Sale 1,200 0.7918
Sale 450 0.735
Sale 2,100 0.812
b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 4000 0.8431
CFD Short 6668 0.845
CFD Short 38253 0.8452
CFD Short 150420 0.8461
CFD Short 5400 0.8501
CFD Short 433081 0.8547
CFD Long 26143 0.8361
CFD Long 155 0.8499
CFD Long 428958 0.8546
CFD Long 8826 0.8734
(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 22 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