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 16 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 3,064,158 2.32% 755,968 0.57%
securities
(2) Derivatives 755,968 0.57% 254,623 0.19%
(other than options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,820,126 2.89% 1,010,591 0.76%
(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 60,700 2.4966
Purchase 117,175 2.4897
Purchase 926 2.5004
Purchase 13,800 2.4975
Purchase 2,763 2.4418
Purchase 34,453 2.4708
Purchase 1,953 2.4988
Purchase 34,453 2.4708
Purchase 24,343 2.4653
Purchase 6,600 2.4716
Purchase 17,567 2.4948
Purchase 765 2.4500
Purchase 82,722 2.4975
Purchase 25,900 2.4689
Purchase 926 2.5004
Sale 2,763 2.4418
Sale 1,265 2.5500
Sale 60,700 2.4966
Sale 4,037 2.5500
Sale 2,763 2.4418
Sale 17,567 2.4946
Sale 1,615 2.5650
Sale 1,009 2.5000
Sale 3,234 2.5016
Sale 24,343 2.4651
Sale 505 2.5700
Sale 82,722 2.4975
Sale 13,800 2.4975
Sale 117,175 2.4897
Sale 25,900 2.4686
Sale 6,600 2.4712
Sale 3,234 2.5653
Sale 765 2.4500
Sale 117,175 2.4897
Sale 34,453 2.4708
Sale 2,523 2.5110
Sale 1,953 2.4988
Sale 1,009 2.5000
Sale 4,037 2.5700
Sale 1,009 2.5500
Sale 1,009 2.5500
Sale 926 2.5004
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 2763 2.4418
CFD Short 25900 2.4688
CFD Short 6600 2.4716
CFD Short 1953 2.4988
CFD Short 926 2.5003
CFD Long 2763 2.4417
CFD Long 765 2.45
CFD Long 24343 2.4651
CFD Long 17567 2.4945
CFD Long 60700 2.4966
CFD Long 13800 2.4975
(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 17 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)