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 22 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 2,392,564 1.33% 0 0.00%
securities
(2) Derivatives 67,196 0.04% 93,145 0.05%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,459,760 1.36% 93,145 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 8,766 6.9017
Purchase 29 6.9000
Purchase 50,000 6.8650
Purchase 26,688 6.9190
Purchase 801 6.9637
Purchase 13,843 6.8932
Purchase 841 6.9000
Purchase 3,350 6.8812
Purchase 13 6.8650
Purchase 2,328 6.9046
Purchase 6,981 6.8943
Purchase 6,662 6.9000
Purchase 1,287 6.8800
Sale 2,186 6.8728
Sale 2,057 6.9671
Sale 1,140 6.9000
Sale 6,662 6.9000
Sale 997 6.8728
Sale 1,182 6.8950
Sale 2,216 6.9000
Sale 5,389 6.8855
Sale 431,085 6.8804
Sale 6,662 6.9000
Sale 7,065 6.9000
Sale 8,000 6.8988
Sale 8,911 6.8999
Sale 13,435 6.8908
Sale 19,419 6.9299
Sale 50,000 6.8650
Sale 5,364 6.8728
NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled
Deal Date Purchase/Sale Number of Securities Price per unit (GBP)
19/03/2010 Sale 431,085 6.8804
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 2057 6.9671
CFD Short 13843 6.8932
CFD Short 6981 6.8943
(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 23 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)