Rule 8.3 - WIMPEY(GEORGE)
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 WIMPEY(GEORGE)
Class of relevant security ORD GBP0.25
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 10 May 2007
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 36,138,375 9.01% 151,028 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 140,497 0.04% 573,450 0.14%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 36,278,872 9.05% 724,478 0.18%
(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 167 5.8240
Purchase 4 5.8450
Purchase 1,007 5.9062
Purchase 7,955 5.8905
Purchase 5,698 5.8856
Purchase 6,757 5.9050
Purchase 1,690 5.9050
Purchase 27,037 5.9083
Purchase 9,399 Transfer
Purchase 44,786 5.9060
Sale 34,830 Transfer
Sale 60,805 Transfer
Sale 19,879 5.9021
Sale 400 5.8991
Sale 21,505 5.9040
Sale 5,500 5.9000
Sale 18,925 5.9038
Sale 47,060 Transfer
Sale 3,019 5.8964
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name Long/Short Number of Price per
Securities unit
CFD Short 4 5.845
CFD Short 5698 5.8856
CFD Short 7955 5.8905
CFD Short 44786 5.9059
CFD Short 1007 5.9061
CFD Short 27037 5.9082
CFD Long 3019 5.8963
CFD Long 7239 5.8976
CFD Long 400 5.8991
CFD Long 5500 5.9
CFD Long 18925 5.9038
CFD Long 21505 5.9039
CFD Long 12640 5.9046
(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 11 May 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)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk