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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 |
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| 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 |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | |||||||
| offeror/offeree: | |||||||
| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 05 January 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 |
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Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: | 609,119 | 0.10% | 10,165,784 | 1.66% | ||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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9,817,602 | 1.60% | 245,112 | 0.04% | |||
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(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
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| TOTAL: | 10,426,721 | 1.70% | 10,410,896 | 1.70% | ||
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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: |
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: |
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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 |
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5p ordinary | Purchase | 172 | 2.6027 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 244 | 2.6257 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 263 | 2.5920 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 358 | 2.6280 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 567 | 2.6440 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 1,134 | 2.6457 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 1,227 | 2.5926 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 1,242 | 2.6051 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 1,392 | 2.5962 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 1,467 | 2.6369 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 1,542 | 2.5865 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 1,769 | 2.5910 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 2,022 | 2.6131 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 2,422 | 2.6336 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 4,554 | 2.6304 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 10,584 | 2.5740 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 30,191 | 2.5793 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 119,659 | 2.5890 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 190 | 2.6160 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 578 | 2.6411 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 944 | 2.6479 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 1,191 | 2.6261 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 1,985 | 2.5873 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 2,832 | 2.6301 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 3,137 | 2.6013 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 3,329 | 2.6363 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 3,637 | 2.6248 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 4,214 | 2.6394 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 4,265 | 2.5740 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 4,468 | 2.6111 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 4,593 | 2.6321 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 5,539 | 2.6316 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 5,830 | 2.6440 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 5,863 | 2.6050 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 5,877 | 2.5741 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 6,344 | 2.5738 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 7,608 | 2.6400 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 8,163 | 2.6066 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 13,608 | 2.6133 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 18,879 | 2.5824 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 30,970 | 2.5835 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 34,767 | 2.6250 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 37,615 | 2.5770 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 62,418 | 2.6276 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Sale | 83,803 | 2.6300 GBP | ||||
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 348 | 2.6698 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 944 | 2.6479 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,006 | 2.5739 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,106 | 2.6454 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,726 | 2.6203 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 1,985 | 2.5873 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 4,265 | 2.5740 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 4,285 | 2.6194 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 4,593 | 2.6321 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 5,863 | 2.6050 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 6,344 | 2.5738 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 6,959 | 2.6456 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 7,001 | 2.6362 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 8,163 | 2.6066 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 9,844 | 2.6233 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 10,072 | 2.6137 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 13,364 | 2.6353 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 18,879 | 2.5824 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 20,859 | 2.6349 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 21,861 | 2.6278 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 22,517 | 2.6220 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 28,602 | 2.6258 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 39,680 | 2.6299 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 42,073 | 2.6255 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 68 | 2.6391 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 793 | 2.6428 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 2,553 | 2.5940 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Short | 4,554 | 2.6304 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Short | 9,429 | 2.6384 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Short | 10,584 | 2.5740 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 12,252 | 2.6249 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 16,048 | 2.6271 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 22,887 | 2.5740 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Short | 63,499 | 2.5742 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 e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
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(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
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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” |
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(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” |
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(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 6 Jan 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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