Rule 8.3 - STAGECOACH GROUP 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 STAGECOACH GROUP PLC
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.01
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 12 August 2009
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 40,554,081 5.63% 169,024 0.02%
securities
(2) Derivatives 6,122,221 0.85% 1,442,919 0.20%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 46,676,302 6.48% 1,611,943 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 11,704 1.4002
Purchase 47,264 1.4039
Purchase 43,148 1.3876
Purchase 31,702 1.3967
Purchase 730 1.3770
Purchase 17,237 1.3793
Purchase 51,298 1.3964
Sale 300 1.4046
Sale 730 1.3810
Sale 1,300 1.3800
Sale 1,526 1.3850
Sale 251 1.3988
Sale 4,619 1.3778
Sale 26,123 1.3971
Sale 32,636 1.3842
Sale 1,673 1.3860
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 28535 1.3981
CFD Long 207388 1.4013
CFD Long 23235 1.4042
CFD Long 7387 1.4104
CFD Long 709 1.4157
CFD Short 300 1.3742
CFD Short 8976 1.3793
CFD Short 4829 1.382
CFD Short 8800 1.3914
CFD Short 3456 1.3946
CFD Short 78211 1.3947
CFD Short 25766 1.3987
(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 13 August 2009
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