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 21 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 3,005,152 2.27% 810,597 0.61%
securities
(2) Derivatives 810,597 0.61% 260,453 0.20%
(other than options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,815,749 2.89% 1,071,050 0.81%
(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 5,567 2.4446
Purchase 2,612 2.4277
Purchase 2,612 2.4275
Purchase 9,223 2.4319
Purchase 2,612 2.4275
Purchase 36,879 2.4353
Purchase 5,200 2.4370
Purchase 34,267 2.4359
Purchase 3,952 2.4268
Purchase 566 2.4346
Purchase 16,889 2.4337
Sale 3,952 2.4268
Sale 5,567 2.4444
Sale 566 2.4346
Sale 34,267 2.4359
Sale 566 2.4346
Sale 9,223 2.4316
Sale 16,889 2.4337
Sale 2,612 2.4275
Sale 36,879 2.4353
Sale 5,200 2.4370
Sale 3,952 2.4268
Sale 36,879 2.4353
Sale 2,612 2.4275
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Shor 3952 2.4268
CFD Short 2612 2.4277
CFD Long 3952 2.4267
CFD Long 9223 2.4316
CFD Long 16889 2.4336
CFD Long 566 2.4345
CFD Long 5200 2.437
CFD Long 5567 2.4443
(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 22 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)