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 22 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 34,621,236 4.81% 305,152 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 5,459,010 0.76% 462,812 0.06%
(other than
options
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 5,459,010 0.76% 462,812 0.06%
(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 26,609 1.6000
Purchase 10,575 1.630426
Purchase 33,765 1.624
Purchase 13 1.595
Purchase 1,285 1.592
Purchase 3,514 1.638
Purchase 40,413 1.6000
Purchase 18,200 1.613431
Purchase 6,928 1.578431
Purchase 26,674 1.626
Purchase 2,527 1.573
Purchase 32,805 1.616767
Purchase 102,546 1.620017
Purchase 128,990 1.6000
Sale 329 1.6060
Sale 986 1.6075
Sale 1,107 1.6075
Sale 1,169 1.6075
Sale 1,199 1.6060
Sale 307 1.6060
Sale 1,421 1.6060
Sale 223 1.6075
Sale 1,514 1.6060
Sale 1,705 1.6060
Sale 1,768 1.5854
Sale 7,186 1.625234
Sale 1,801 1.6060
Sale 1,346 1.6060
Sale 33,765 1.626
Sale 251 1.6060
Sale 559 1.64
Sale 206 1.6075
Sale 3,037 1.621688
Sale 1,909 1.5854
Sale 3,217 1.6060
Sale 2,475 1.605002
Sale 18,509 1.603906
Sale 35,006 1.624887
Sale 120,383 1.632417
Sale 10,596 1.632073
Sale 26,674 1.624
Sale 271 1.6060
Sale 90,330 1.5854
Sale 2,532 1.6060
Sale 25,566 1.6075
Sale 27,991 1.5854
Sale 30,000 1.5800
Sale 31,098 1.6060
Sale 39,769 1.6060
Sale 17,755 1.5854
Sale 29,332 1.631137
Sale 16,491 1.6060
Sale 26,674 1.626
Sale 26,195 1.630384
Sale 79,352 1.612027
Sale 103,454 1.617448
Sale 32,280 1.605325
Sale 179,113 1.5961
Sale 43,447 1.5854
Sale 6,205 1.6060
Sale 2,227 1.6075
Sale 2,708 1.6060
Sale 217,784 1.5854
Sale 3,287 1.6075
Sale 3,459 1.6060
Sale 3,998 1.6060
Sale 18,968 1.5854
Sale 5,125 1.6060
Sale 2,083 1.6075
Sale 7,943 1.6060
Sale 8,411 1.5854
Sale 9,444 1.5854
Sale 9,967 1.5854
Sale 10,604 1.6075
Sale 12,899 1.6060
Sale 5,101 1.6075
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 16857 1.5924
CFD Short 18623 1.5933
CFD Short 9966 1.5976
CFD Short 42205 1.5977
CFD Short 9862 1.6029
CFD Short 93906 1.6088
CFD Short 45195 1.624
CFD Short 54059 1.6272
(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 23 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