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 GBP0.009824(POST CONS)
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 20 October 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 36,049,928 5.01% 182,101 0.03%
securities
(2) Derivatives 5,860,386 0.81% 503,852 0.07%
(other than
options
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 41,910,314 5.82% 685,953 0.10%
(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 7,954 1.5811
Purchase 25,388 1.5811
Purchase 23,607 1.5765
Purchase 22,150 1.5778
Purchase 179,113 1.5910
Purchase 15,542 1.5765
Purchase 13 1.5700
Purchase 11,304 1.6430
Purchase 10,681 1.5746
Purchase 33,345 1.6366
Purchase 8,241 1.6522
Purchase 17,591 1.6362
Purchase 7,400 1.6486
Purchase 7,019 1.5910
Purchase 5,305 1.6366
Purchase 5,238 1.5811
Purchase 5,200 1.6470
Purchase 4,797 1.5514
Purchase 3,385 1.5610
Purchase 2,040 1.5052
Purchase 1,715 1.5662
Purchase 10,347 1.5910
Purchase 51,463 1.6488
Purchase 75,348 1.5765
Purchase 68,599 1.5545
Purchase 61,166 1.5823
Purchase 82,438 1.5525
Purchase 93,420 1.5869
Purchase 36,872 1.5820
Purchase 39,117 1.6346
Purchase 35,532 1.5834
Sale 4,034 1.5711
Sale 4,341 1.6218
Sale 4,034 1.5711
Sale 5,183 1.6433
Sale 3,291 1.5709
Sale 105,836 1.5711
Sale 6,216 1.5690
Sale 105,836 1.5711
Sale 179,113 1.5910
Sale 16 1.5715
Sale 42 1.5715
Sale 77 1.5715
Sale 87 1.5715
Sale 114 1.5715
Sale 3,498 1.5829
Sale 725 1.5740
Sale 7,400 1.5661
Sale 1,746 1.5910
Sale 1,980 1.5768
Sale 148,201 1.5657
Sale 3,100 1.5939
Sale 3,178 1.5640
Sale 122,411 1.5851
Sale 220 1.5715
Sale 18,775 1.6428
Sale 31,826 1.5459
Sale 28,282 1.5776
Sale 27,362 1.5759
Sale 25,584 1.6499
Sale 33,389 1.5711
Sale 25,320 1.6536
Sale 24,788 1.5780
Sale 24,697 1.6344
Sale 24,284 1.5829
Sale 23,719 1.5789
Sale 35,989 1.5700
Sale 20,632 1.6557
Sale 7,456 1.5654
Sale 19,500 1.5829
Sale 74,010 1.5545
Sale 18,520 1.5829
Sale 17,683 1.5829
Sale 39,137 1.5597
Sale 11,304 1.6620
Sale 54,421 1.6468
Sale 55,259 1.5529
Sale 9,985 1.5829
Sale 9,612 1.5749
Sale 9,097 1.5829
Sale 33,389 1.5711
Sale 7,600 1.6002
Sale 16,488 1.5829
Sale 20,337 1.5709
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 27362 1.5759
CFD Long 1980 1.5767
CFD Long 28282 1.5776
CFD Long 23719 1.5789
CFD Long 122411 1.585
CFD Long 3100 1.5938
CFD Long 7600 1.6001
CFD Short 12726 1.5666
CFD Short 69601 1.5709
CFD Short 42932 1.5741
CFD Short 13907 1.5745
CFD Short 37073 1.5749
CFD Short 115556 1.5801
CFD Short 36872 1.5819
CFD Short 35532 1.5834
CFD Short 93420 1.5869
CFD Short 4173 1.5912
CFD Short 7567 1.5943
(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) YES
Date of disclosure 21 October 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