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Form 8.3 - NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser: Barclays PLC.
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 02 February 2022
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making YES:
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? STAGECOACH GROUP PLC
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security: 5p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 865,187 0.14% 10,308,191 1.68%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
9,662,087 1.57% 332,232 0.05%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 10,527,274 1.71% 10,640,423 1.73%
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other
employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
5p ordinary Purchase 185 2.6034 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 231 2.5800 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 343 2.5920 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 493 2.5878 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 512 2.5947 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 1,022 2.6082 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 1,022 2.5970 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 1,942 2.5432 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 4,015 2.6000 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 4,635 2.6026 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 7,312 2.5739 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 7,818 2.5960 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 86,555 2.5619 GBP
5p ordinary Purchase 218,244 2.5420 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 61 2.5759 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 313 2.5920 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 602 2.5917 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 1,014 2.5930 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 1,492 2.5952 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 1,567 2.5721 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 1,860 2.5421 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 1,895 2.5990 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 2,703 2.5790 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 3,296 2.5921 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 7,818 2.5960 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 8,780 2.5910 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 10,255 2.5871 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 23,073 2.5933 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
5p ordinary SWAP Long 49 2.6099 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 61 2.5759 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 249 2.6024 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 285 2.5960 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 306 2.5883 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 317 2.5880 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 765 2.5900 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 992 2.5937 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 1,031 2.5987 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 1,049 2.5942 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 1,088 2.5855 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 1,177 2.5918 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 1,567 2.5716 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 1,989 2.5939 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 2,069 2.6108 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 2,703 2.5790 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 3,421 2.5933 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 5,072 2.5951 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Long 9,118 2.5872 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Long 21,430 2.5904 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 24 2.5640 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 30 2.5917 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 82 2.5720 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 185 2.6034 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 191 2.5860 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 207 2.5818 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 276 2.5740 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 321 2.6000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 493 2.5878 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 613 2.6039 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 1,104 2.5899 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 2,436 2.5959 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 4,500 2.5820 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 5,862 2.5990 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 7,705 2.6022 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 8,523 2.5947 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 16,128 2.6004 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Short 17,416 2.5420 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 40,490 2.5422 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Short 206,168 2.5419 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or
understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may
be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person
making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in
concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there
are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”
None
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state
“none”
None
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 3 Feb 2022
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in
relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s
Market Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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