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 22 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 23,467,733 5.57% 127,769 0.03%
securitie
(2) Derivatives 10,912,540 2.59% 11,472,011 2.72%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 34,380,273 8.16% 11,599,780 2.75%
(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 1,198 0.835
Purchase 139 0.8
Purchase 6,066 0.826
Purchase 5,000 0.823
Purchase 2,000 0.81
Purchase 2,444 0.818
Purchase 1,000 0.821
Purchase 170,642 0.8295
Purchase 1,296 0.8235
Purchase 2,762 0.86
Purchase 3,017 0.833
Purchase 595 0.8396
Purchase 193 0.84
Purchase 3,052 0.819
Purchase 24 0.8326
Purchase 100 0.8
Purchase 349 0.8338
Purchase 479 0.8367
Purchase 190 0.83
Purchase 300 0.83
Purchase 1,184 0.83
Purchase 11,140 0.83
Purchase 300 0.838
Purchase 300 0.836
Purchase 200 0.8298
Purchase 500 Transfer
Purchase 200 0.835
Purchase 7,000 0.832
Purchase 5,000 0.836
Purchase 2,500 0.824
Purchase 118 0.843
Purchase 650 0.8
Purchase 3,004 0.832
Purchase 300 0.835
Purchase 588 0.825
Purchase 1,000 0.8
Purchase 7,228 0.83
Purchase 18,315 0.819
Purchase 1,235 0.8
Purchase 3,000 0.824
Purchase 485 0.8235
Purchase 1,200 0.83
Purchase 19,091 0.827
Purchase 5,000 0.823
Purchase 1,000 0.84
Purchase 471 0.819
Purchase 121 0.8229
Purchase 1,319 0.8245
Purchase 589 0.824
Purchase 11,074 0.826
Purchase 884 0.83
Sale 1,000 0.8404
Sale 500 0.834
Sale 11,074 0.841
Sale 1,184 0.832
Sale 33 0.838
Sale 682 0.8195
Sale 2,028 0.847
Sale 500 0.8221
Sale 7,000 0.832
Sale 3,634 0.83
Sale 3,634 0.8306
Sale 167 0.825
Sale 1,862 0.834
Sale 1,500 0.83
Sale 400 0.83
Sale 1,000 0.8205
Sale 10,000 0.835
Sale 3,278 0.822
Sale 1,200 0.852
Sale 626 0.815
Sale 55,327 0.8336
Sale 5,322 0.831
Sale 457 0.83
Sale 8,571 0.97
Sale 161,839 0.8306
Sale 1,500 0.836
Sale 7,000 0.832
Sale 552 0.815
Sale 2,444 0.83
Sale 250 0.8527
Sale 2,501 0.822
Sale 1,500 0.83
Sale 1,500 0.836
Sale 3,000 0.83
Sale 5,400 0.8258
Sale 250 0.8354
Sale 456 0.829
Sale 11,140 0.838
Sale 84 0.837
Sale 186 0.84
Sale 650 0.829
Sale 1,000 0.831
Sale 5,156 0.815
Sale 5,500 0.83
Sale 8,235 0.847
Sale 9,505 0.841
Sale 4,502 0.801
Sale 5,000 0.841
Sale 3,500 0.832
Sale 560 0.83
Sale 1,500 0.823
Sale 1,000 0.829
Sale 2,622 0.8205
Sale 660 0.8222
Sale 90 0.838
Sale 1,000 0.839
Sale 251 0.8195
Sale 1,500 0.84
Sale 798 0.826
Sale 1,169 0.821
Sale 500 0.839
Sale 71,538 0.806
Sale 3,000 0.8375
Sale 2,000 0.833
Sale 1,814 0.831
Sale 250 0.819
Sale 1,812 0.832
Sale 9,000 0.83
Sale 1,154 0.831
Sale 10 0.833
Sale 362 0.8145
Sale 6,359 0.822
Sale 7,228 0.841
Sale 3,000 0.84
Sale 2,256 0.8192
Sale 1,235 0.83
Sale 415 0.801
Sale 10,000 0.825
Sale 15,228 0.83
Sale 500 0.8364
Sale 250 0.8264
Sale 1,500 0.84
Sale 500 0.83
Sale 700 0.84
Sale 500 0.829
Sale 5,000 0.8145
Sale 1,300 0.833
Sale 746 0.829
Sale 400 0.8291
Sale 800 0.8195
b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 19091 0.827
CFD Short 170642 0.8295
CFD Long 5400 0.8258
CFD Long 161839 0.8306
CFD Long 55327 0.8335
(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 23 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