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 09 April 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 3,728,080 2.06% 55,357 0.03%
securities
(2) Derivatives 49,494 0.03% 2,142,087 1.18%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,777,574 2.09% 2,197,444 1.22%
(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 3,645 7.5879
Purchase 633 7.5842
Purchase 1 7.5650
Purchase 200,000 7.5538
Purchase 56 7.6200
Purchase 22 7.5700
Purchase 10,626 7.5713
Purchase 13,626 7.6059
Purchase 14,288 7.5850
Purchase 17,347 7.5865
Purchase 20,000 7.5833
Purchase 22,784 7.5974
Purchase 50,000 7.5646
Sale 1,327 7.6161
Sale 270 7.5950
Sale 77 7.6000
Sale 199 7.6000
Sale 2 7.6000
Sale 261 7.6279
Sale 37 7.6000
Sale 445 7.5760
Sale 500 7.5850
Sale 537 7.6279
Sale 915 7.5760
Sale 1,390 7.6279
Sale 2,370 7.5760
Sale 2,953 7.5912
Sale 3,437 7.6161
Sale 33,590 7.6022
Sale 645 7.6161
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 200000 7.5538
CFD Short 50000 7.5646
CFD Short 10626 7.5712
CFD Short 20000 7.5833
CFD Short 14288 7.585
CFD Short 17347 7.5864
CFD Short 3645 7.5879
(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 12 April 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)