Rule 8.3 - PUNCH TAVERNS
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 PUNCH TAVERNS
Class of relevant security ORD SHS GBP0.0004786
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 15 February 2008
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 11,217,218 4.21% 989,720 0.37%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,268,453 0.48% 190,935 0.07%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 12,485,671 4.69% 1,180,655 0.44%
(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 800 6.4861
Purchase 64,332 6.4158
Purchase 5,378 6.4842
Purchase 1,237 6.4100
Purchase 25,813 6.3772
Purchase 3,889 6.3838
Sale 24,182 6.4089
Sale 10,074 6.4100
Sale 139,586 6.4302
Sale 54,269 6.3826
Sale 48,900 6.4235
Sale 36,450 6.4179
Sale 1,174 6.4088
Sale 458 6.4493
Sale 624 6.4455
Sale 13,630 6.4100
Sale 1,595 6.4189
Sale 8,142 6.3792
Sale 106 6.3688
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 25813 6.3772
CFD Short 3889 6.3838
CFD Short 16696 6.4037
CFD Short 32477 6.4065
CFD Short 3990 6.4087
CFD Short 64332 6.4158
CFD Short 724 6.4218
CFD Short 5378 6.4842
CFD Short 800 6.4861
CFD Long 106 6.3687
CFD Long 8142 6.3791
CFD Long 54269 6.3825
CFD Long 1174 6.4087
CFD Long 24182 6.4088
CFD Long 36450 6.4179
CFD Long 1595 6.4189
CFD Long 48900 6.4234
CFD Long 126112 6.4255
CFD Long 624 6.4454
CFD Long 458 6.4493
CFD Long 13474 6.4742
(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 February 2008
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