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 18 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 3,043,937 2.30% 771,812 0.58%
securities
(2) Derivatives 771,812 0.58% 256,501 0.19%
(other than options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,815,749 2.89% 1,028,313 0.78%
(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 16,033 2.4477
Purchase 16,033 2.4477
Purchase 3,748 2.4468
Purchase 14,140 2.4426
Purchase 8,857 2.4366
Purchase 16,033 2.4477
Purchase 24,890 2.4438
Purchase 684 2.4400
Purchase 10,066 2.4456
Sale 16,033 2.4477
Sale 14,140 2.4424
Sale 16,033 2.4477
Sale 3,748 2.4468
Sale 3,748 2.4468
Sale 8,857 2.4366
Sale 10,066 2.4454
Sale 684 2.4400
Sale 24,890 2.4438
Sale 24,890 2.4438
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 3748 2.4468
CFD Short 16033 2.4476
CFD Long 684 2.44
CFD Long 14140 2.4423
CFD Long 10066 2.4453
CFD Long 3748 2.4467
(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 21 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)