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 19 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 12,644,942 2.17% 87,247 0.01%
securities
(2) Derivatives 2,375,817 0.41% 1,174,679 0.20%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 15,020,759 2.58% 1,261,926 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 16,600 .6051
Purchase 707 .6081
Purchase 46,318 .6051
Purchase 40,366 .6055
Purchase 10,571 .6075
Purchase 15,816 .6006
Purchase 46,318 .6051
Purchase 56,232 .6098
Purchase 15,344 .6063
Purchase 75,000 .6038
Purchase 10,341 .6001
Purchase 18,670 .6080
Purchase 278,163 .6077
Purchase 13,979 .6095
Purchase 5,952 .6030
Sale 10,341 .6000
Sale 707 .6079
Sale 16,600 .6050
Sale 15,344 .6063
Sale 40,366 .6055
Sale 40,366 .6055
Sale 5,952 .6030
Sale 46,318 .6051
Sale 15,344 .6063
Sale 18,670 .6080
Sale 15,816 .6006
Sale 13,979 .6094
Sale 10,571 .6074
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 10341 0.6
CFD Short 16600 0.605
CFD Short 15344 0.6064
CFD Short 19377 0.608
CFD Long 15816 0.6005
CFD Long 15344 0.6063
CFD Long 10571 0.6074
CFD Long 13979 0.6093
(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 20 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