Rule 8.3 - UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA
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 UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.338068
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 11 June 2008
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 9,880,957 4.06% 414,241 0.17%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,265,612 0.52% 787,112 0.32%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 11,146,569 4.58% 1,201,353 0.49%
(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 5,715 5.8700
Purchase 16,000 5.9328
Purchase 12,114 5.8780
Purchase 24,183 5.9343
Purchase 2,504 5.8700
Purchase 570 5.8934
Sale 41,439 5.9835
Sale 751 6.1000
Sale 23,034 5.9766
Sale 1,001 6.0845
Sale 4,923 5.8838
Sale 2,123 6.0664
Sale 65,901 5.9964
Sale 333 6.1000
Sale 414 5.9642
Sale 233 6.1000
Sale 1,000 5.9000
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1663 5.8712
CFD Long 4923 5.8837
CFD Long 1000 5.9
CFD Long 414 5.9641
CFD Long 23034 5.9765
CFD Long 41439 5.9834
CFD Long 65901 5.9963
CFD Long 2123 6.0664
CFD Long 1001 6.0844
CFD Short 12114 5.8779
CFD Short 570 5.8933
CFD Short 14150 5.9249
CFD Short 16000 5.9328
CFD Short 24183 5.9342
CFD Short 11253 5.947
(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 12 June 2008
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