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 12 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 9,793,014 4.02% 422,638 0.17%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,223,714 0.50% 696,083 0.29%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 11,016,728 4.52% 1,118,721 0.46%
(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 1,524 5.9900
Purchase 20,541 5.9597
Purchase 24,610 5.9499
Purchase 2,957 5.9606
Purchase 36,416 5.9442
Purchase 169 5.9105
Sale 40,167 5.9324
Sale 30,735 5.9466
Sale 32,595 5.9375
Sale 9,682 5.9893
Sale 21,566 5.9502
Sale 14,879 5.9351
Sale 17,700 5.9270
Sale 4,100 5.8890
Sale 1,836 5.9900
Sale 900 5.9917
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 4100 5.889
CFD Long 40167 5.9324
CFD Long 48040 5.9356
CFD Long 30735 5.9466
CFD Long 21566 5.9501
CFD Long 9682 5.9892
CFD Long 23272 5.9912
CFD Long 900 5.9916
CFD Short 169 5.9105
CFD Short 11363 5.9367
CFD Short 32595 5.9375
CFD Short 36416 5.9441
CFD Short 24610 5.9498
CFD Short 20541 5.9596
CFD Short 2957 5.9605
CFD Short 680 5.99
(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 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