Rule 8.3 - WHATMAN
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 WHATMAN
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.01
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 15 January 2008
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 3,173,203 2.40% 669,852 0.51%
securities
(2) Derivatives 669,852 0.51% 247,937 0.19%
(other than options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,843,055 2.91% 917,789 0.69%
(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 30,668 2.7742
Purchase 361 2.5950
Purchase 4,338 2.5597
Purchase 20,000 2.5511
Purchase 8,534 2.5209
Purchase 4,338 2.7039
Purchase 17,212 2.7535
Purchase 63,901 2.6645
Purchase 1,292 2.5575
Purchase 37,026 2.6504
Purchase 812 2.5446
Purchase 3,099 2.5690
Purchase 26,875 2.6838
Purchase 934 2.5325
Purchase 63,901 2.6645
Purchase 2,366 2.6642
Sale 26,875 2.6838
Sale 1,292 2.5575
Sale 361 2.5950
Sale 20,000 2.5508
Sale 63,901 2.6645
Sale 812 2.5446
Sale 30,668 2.7739
Sale 37,026 2.6504
Sale 17,212 2.7532
Sale 3,099 2.5687
Sale 2,366 2.6642
Sale 812 2.5446
Sale 26,875 2.6838
Sale 4,338 2.7034
Sale 4,338 2.5593
Sale 8,534 2.5207
Sale 934 2.5325
Sale 2,366 2.6642
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 8534 2.5209
CFD Short 20000 2.551
CFD Short 361 2.595
CFD Short 2366 2.6643
CFD Short 4338 2.7039
CFD Short 30668 2.7741
CFD Long 934 2.5325
CFD Long 812 2.5446
CFD Long 1292 2.5575
CFD Long 4338 2.5592
CFD Long 3099 2.5687
CFD Long 2366 2.6642
CFD Long 17212 2.7532
(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 16 December 2007
Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
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)