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 12 March 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 2,521,331 1.40% 0 0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives 71,722 0.04% 105,315 0.06%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,593,053 1.44% 105,315 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 15,379 6.7750
Purchase 4,498 6.8000
Purchase 2,946 6.7924
Purchase 5,095 6.7700
Purchase 6,492 6.7860
Purchase 6,715 6.8000
Purchase 2,863 6.7850
Purchase 2,776 6.8000
Purchase 1,952 6.7954
Purchase 8,795 6.7750
Purchase 10,808 6.7551
Purchase 4,473 6.7872
Purchase 12,000 6.7800
Purchase 22,021 6.7850
Purchase 86,260 6.7849
Purchase 56,200 6.7761
Purchase 46,230 6.7898
Purchase 44,905 6.7728
Purchase 346 6.7700
Purchase 1,217 6.8000
Purchase 37,094 6.8000
Purchase 7,826 6.7800
Purchase 600 6.7811
Purchase 21,053 6.7835
Purchase 16,313 6.7692
Sale 1,763 6.7915
Sale 1,514 6.7200
Sale 1,200 6.7625
Sale 346 6.7750
Sale 5,095 6.7700
Sale 6,715 6.8000
Sale 60 6.7750
Sale 7,826 6.7800
Sale 229,686 6.7944
Sale 8,795 6.7750
Sale 12,000 6.7800
Sale 15,379 6.7750
Sale 22,021 6.7850
Sale 37,094 6.8000
Sale 44,905 6.7728
Sale 6,715 6.8000
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1514 6.72
CFD Short 10808 6.7551
CFD Short 16313 6.7691
CFD Short 600 6.7811
(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 15 March 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)