Rule 8.3 - NORTHGATE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS
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 NORTHGATE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 17 December 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 12,169,378 2.09% 118,911 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,446,835 0.42% 1,141,470 0.20%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 14,616,213 2.51% 1,260,381 0.22%
(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 55,339 .6030
Purchase 112,000 .6132
Purchase 55,339 .6030
Purchase 217 .6099
Purchase 707 .6287
Purchase 112,000 .6131
Purchase 47,039 .6286
Purchase 135,157 .6145
Purchase 32,182 .5901
Purchase 112,000 .6131
Purchase 22,617 .6048
Purchase 18,266 .6125
Purchase 16,820 .5917
Purchase 21,635 .6046
Purchase 46,214 .6059
Purchase 15,902 .6126
Sale 112,000 .6131
Sale 55,339 .6030
Sale 32,182 .5901
Sale 135,157 .6145
Sale 707 .6286
Sale 22,617 .6048
Sale 47,039 .6286
Sale 15,902 .6125
Sale 46,214 .6059
Sale 112,000 .6131
Sale 135,157 .6145
Sale 18,266 .6125
Sale 217 .6099
Sale 21,635 .6045
Sale 16,820 .5917
Sale 217 .6099
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 16820 0.5917
CFD Short 22617 0.6048
CFD Short 15902 0.6125
CFD Short 112000 0.6131
CFD Long 21635 0.6045
CFD Long 46214 0.6059
CFD Long 217 0.6099
CFD Long 18266 0.6124
CFD Long 47746 0.6285
(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 18 December 2007
Contact name Geoff Smith
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