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 25 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 3,007,904 1.67% 88,248 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 47,925 0.03% 1,176,825 0.65%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,055,829 1.69% 1,265,073 0.70%
(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 13,994 7.2409
Purchase 1,976 7.2450
Purchase 98 7.2500
Purchase 1,450 7.2517
Purchase 200,000 7.2442
Purchase 7,128 7.2519
Purchase 1,001 7.2514
Purchase 3,272 7.2526
Purchase 10,624 7.2492
Purchase 18,017 7.2451
Purchase 19,258 7.2331
Purchase 27,645 7.2535
Purchase 448 7.2600
Purchase 168 7.2250
Purchase 88,437 7.2541
Sale 7,095 6.8725
Sale 532 7.2550
Sale 489 7.2425
Sale 1,311 6.8725
Sale 394 7.2425
Sale 2,885 6.8725
Sale 659 7.2550
Sale 4,446 7.2540
Sale 5,318 7.2440
Sale 5,509 7.2540
Sale 6,758 7.2854
Sale 8,373 7.2854
Sale 9,431 7.2404
Sale 15,006 7.2510
Sale 24,993 7.2505
Sale 24,997 7.2355
Sale 30,967 7.2505
Sale 37,394 7.2539
Sale 63,341 7.2552
Sale 6,589 7.2440
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 9431 7.2404
CFD Short 8108 7.233
CFD Short 11150 7.2331
CFD Short 200000 7.2442
CFD Short 1001 7.2514
CFD Short 27645 7.2534
(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 26 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)