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 13 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 9,836,727 4.04% 346,151 0.14%
securities
(2) Derivatives 1,146,404 0.47% 644,408 0.26%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 10,983,131 4.51% 990,559 0.41%
(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 7,851 6.0121
Purchase 1,100 6.0110
Purchase 18,400 6.0069
Purchase 2,135 5.9659
Purchase 71,540 6.0167
Purchase 4,328 6.0700
Purchase 9,682 6.0411
Purchase 1,193 6.0700
Sale 8,901 6.0878
Sale 9 6.0744
Sale 39,345 6.0381
Sale 5,151 6.0785
Sale 5,874 5.9800
Sale 5,612 6.0918
Sale 6,801 5.9959
Sale 823 6.0700
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 5874 5.98
CFD Long 6801 5.9959
CFD Long 15276 6.0024
CFD Long 39345 6.0381
CFD Long 3457 6.0713
CFD Long 9 6.0744
CFD Long 5151 6.0785
CFD Long 8901 6.0878
CFD Long 5612 6.0918
CFD Short 2135 5.9658
CFD Short 18400 6.0069
CFD Short 1100 6.011
CFD Short 7851 6.012
CFD Short 71540 6.0167
CFD Short 5353 6.0284
CFD Short 9682 6.041
(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 16 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