Rule 8.3 - VT GROUP
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 VT GROUP
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.05
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 04 January 2010
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 3,225,902 1.80% 0 0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives 19,365 0.01% 102,682 0.06%
(other than
options
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,245,267 1.81% 102,682 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 900 5.2659
Purchase 1,885 5.2723
Purchase 1,860 5.2965
Purchase 11,315 5.2401
Purchase 1,653 5.3064
Purchase 1,199 5.2293
Purchase 2,295 5.2728
Purchase 981 5.3000
Purchase 1,800 5.2778
Purchase 806 5.2800
Purchase 793 5.3071
Purchase 658 5.2800
Purchase 612 5.2750
Purchase 599 5.2550
Purchase 491 5.2950
Purchase 1,064 5.2813
Purchase 10,322 5.3252
Purchase 6,867 5.3126
Purchase 1,623 5.2600
Purchase 2,866 5.2976
Purchase 5,436 5.2798
Purchase 7,982 5.2771
Purchase 5,222 5.2690
Purchase 8,452 5.2737
Purchase 6,277 5.2480
Purchase 3,379 5.3231
Purchase 2,947 5.3113
Sale 740 5.2490
Sale 410 5.2717
Sale 347 5.3691
Sale 666 5.2525
Sale 273 5.3200
Sale 199 5.2297
Sale 688 5.2650
Sale 97 5.3000
Sale 43 5.3600
Sale 8,890 5.3211
Sale 7,970 5.2703
Sale 1,003 5.3095
Sale 1,171 5.3057
Sale 1,194 5.2765
Sale 1,413 5.3063
Sale 3 5.2800
Sale 4,518 5.2892
Sale 1,860 5.2627
Sale 1,885 5.2718
Sale 2,947 5.3108
Sale 2,012 5.2807
Sale 2,187 5.2736
Sale 2,947 5.3113
Sale 6,179 5.2754
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1860 5.2627
CFD Long 7970 5.2703
CFD Long 1171 5.3056
CFD Short 7982 5.277
CFD Short 1800 5.2778
(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 05 January 2010
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