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 19 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 2,411,660 1.34% 0 0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives 81,039 0.04% 88,221 0.05%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,492,699 1.38% 88,221 0.05%
(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 1,875 6.8687
Purchase 5,104 6.8725
Purchase 5,332 6.8755
Purchase 5,492 6.8725
Purchase 2,624 6.8725
Purchase 6,662 6.8650
Purchase 6,662 6.8550
Purchase 2,500 6.8690
Purchase 8,253 6.8650
Purchase 8,832 6.8725
Purchase 9,113 6.8725
Purchase 10,241 6.8725
Purchase 3,947 6.8675
Purchase 10,601 6.8725
Purchase 6,750 6.8794
Purchase 25,563 6.8800
Purchase 14,449 6.8700
Purchase 245,791 6.8677
Purchase 16,276 6.8725
Purchase 16,673 6.8725
Purchase 17,401 6.8725
Purchase 17,574 6.8722
Purchase 372 6.8650
Purchase 130,422 6.8725
Purchase 10,485 6.8700
Purchase 28,065 6.8725
Purchase 50,000 6.8784
Sale 3,679 6.8952
Sale 3,262 6.8700
Sale 2,624 6.8725
Sale 1,320 6.8775
Sale 2,265 6.8700
Sale 639 6.8650
Sale 1,292 6.8900
Sale 500 6.8700
Sale 4,200 6.8700
Sale 4,407 6.8700
Sale 5,104 6.8725
Sale 6,662 6.8550
Sale 148 6.8950
Sale 8,200 6.8700
Sale 431,085 6.8804
Sale 12,644 6.8720
Sale 14,052 6.8700
Sale 14,955 6.8706
Sale 16,276 6.8725
Sale 25,563 6.8800
Sale 130,422 6.8725
Sale 7,093 6.8700
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 6750 6.8793
(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 22 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)