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 26 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 33,503,345 4.65% 254,432 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 3,852,629 0.54% 643,971 0.09%
(other than
options
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 37,355,974 5.19% 898,403 0.12%
(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 3,766 1.5805
Purchase 116,707 1.5804
Purchase 10,920 1.5822
Purchase 1,199 1.5829
Purchase 2,380 1.5730
Purchase 6,709 1.5832
Purchase 6,487 1.5781
Purchase 15,814 1.5788
Purchase 499 1.5750
Purchase 6,308 1.5739
Sale 10,207 1.5805
Sale 6,435 1.5805
Sale 5,200 1.5790
Sale 13,622 1.5805
Sale 3,560 1.5798
Sale 3,554 1.5805
Sale 2,814 1.5740
Sale 1,080 1.5780
Sale 6,158 1.5850
Sale 19,897 1.5795
Sale 49,352 1.5801
Sale 49,352 1.5801
Sale 43,556 1.5796
Sale 39,122 1.5805
Sale 26,773 1.5805
Sale 12,276 1.5805
Sale 21,917 1.5805
Sale 13,352 1.5805
Sale 19,709 1.5794
Sale 18,188 1.5805
Sale 15,264 1.5805
Sale 14,384 1.5808
Sale 13,683 1.5805
Sale 131,202 1.5801
Sale 24,393 1.5805
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 5200 1.5789
CFD Long 19897 1.5794
CFD Long 43556 1.5795
CFD Long 3560 1.5797
CFD Short 6308 1.5738
CFD Short 82197 1.5779
CFD Short 15814 1.5787
CFD Short 5401 1.5796
CFD Short 183175 1.5801
CFD Short 116707 1.5804
CFD Short 10920 1.5822
CFD Short 1199 1.5828
(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 27 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