Rule 8.3 - SONDEX
FORM 8.1
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.1(a) and (b)(i) of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in SONDEX
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 03 September 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 1,676,329 2.94% 113,426 0.20%
securities
(2) Derivatives 140,104 0.25% 192,351 0.34%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 1,816,433 3.18% 305,777 0.54%
(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 3,234 4.5414
Purchase 380 4.5325
Purchase 102 4.5450
Purchase 321 4.5995
Purchase 8,445 4.5400
Purchase 65,000 4.5333
Purchase 5,000 4.5450
Purchase 424 4.5650
Purchase 3,234 4.5414
Purchase 1,102 4.5370
Purchase 387 4.5325
Purchase 2,500 4.5617
Purchase 331 4.5450
Purchase 1,000 4.5445
Sale 200 4.5326
Sale 3,000 4.5525
Sale 577 4.5400
Sale 1,200 4.5630
Sale 1,000 4.5300
Sale 1,446 4.5325
Sale 919 4.5400
Sale 2,000 4.5600
Sale 3,500 4.5325
Sale 277 4.5401
Sale 500 4.5376
Sale 2,192 4.5630
Sale 500 4.5326
Sale 800 4.5300
Sale 63 4.5351
Sale 355 4.5325
Sale 1,000 4.5625
Sale 691 4.5375
Sale 319 4.5376
Sale 3,000 4.5300
Sale 1,500 4.5500
Sale 2,175 4.5300
Sale 54 4.5426
Sale 1,900 4.5400
Sale 868 4.5400
Sale 330 4.5005
Sale 1,025 4.5351
Sale 3,403 4.5400
Sale 380 4.5325
Sale 387 4.5325
Sale 380 4.5325
Sale 13,878 4.5442
Sale 1,043 4.5400
Sale 216,175 4.5350
Sale 2,457 4.5358
Sale 5,690 4.5400
Sale 387 4.5325
Sale 600 4.5400
Sale 1,824 4.5330
Sale 2,500 4.5300
Sale 2,500 4.5375
Sale 2,000 4.5325
Sale 1,000 4.5325
Sale 942 4.5375
Sale 1,000 4.5300
Sale 1,400 4.5503
Sale 4,217 4.5325
Sale 1,000 4.5325
Sale 1,135 4.5301
Sale 3,049 4.5400
Sale 1,281 4.5325
Sale 282 4.5401
Sale 2,500 4.5400
Sale 200 4.5376
Sale 2,500 4.5325
Sale 3,234 4.5414
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product Long/Short Number of Securities Price Per
name, (Note 6) (Note 7) Unit (GBP)
e.g. CFD
CFD Short 65000 4.5333
CFD Short 3234 4.5413
CFD Short 2500 4.5616
CFD Short 424 4.565
CFD Long 767 4.5325
CFD Long 1824 4.533
CFD Long 2457 4.5357
CFD Long 3234 4.5414
(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 04 September 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 8.1 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk