Last checked at 11 Oct 2021 13:10
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: | 08 October 2021 | |||||
| (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: | 1,753,116 | 0.29% | 4,846,522 | 0.79% | ||
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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4,415,001 | 0.72% | 1,475,060 | 0.24% | |||
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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: | 6,168,117 | 1.00% | 6,321,582 | 1.03% | ||
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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 | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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5p ordinary | Purchase | 175 | 2.3022 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 239 | 2.3237 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 244 | 2.3040 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 512 | 2.3177 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 512 | 2.3057 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 1,558 | 2.3180 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 1,585 | 2.3127 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 2,370 | 2.3111 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 2,517 | 2.3087 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 2,814 | 2.3044 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 3,243 | 2.3223 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 4,006 | 2.3100 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 4,433 | 2.3118 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 4,512 | 2.3105 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 4,765 | 2.3052 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 5,752 | 2.3114 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 7,913 | 2.3216 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 12,496 | 2.3240 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 13,743 | 2.3104 GBP | ||||
5p ordinary | Purchase | 26,062 | 2.3135 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 14 | 2.3064 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 89 | 2.3018 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 119 | 2.3205 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 203 | 2.3086 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 647 | 2.3054 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 1,104 | 2.3058 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 1,112 | 2.3102 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 1,257 | 2.3239 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 1,558 | 2.3180 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 3,429 | 2.3025 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 3,638 | 2.3002 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 3,991 | 2.3176 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 4,006 | 2.3100 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 5,339 | 2.3175 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 6,028 | 2.3106 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 7,266 | 2.3240 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 7,913 | 2.3217 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 10,316 | 2.3130 GBP | ||||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 70,189 | 2.3223 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 | 1 | 2.3039 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 14 | 2.3066 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 89 | 2.3018 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 119 | 2.3206 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 203 | 2.3086 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 211 | 2.3019 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 511 | 2.3100 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,257 | 2.3239 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 3,637 | 2.3002 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 3,894 | 2.3114 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 6,600 | 2.3057 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 16,625 | 2.3225 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 21,678 | 2.3238 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Long | 25,850 | 2.3232 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 26,832 | 2.3133 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 5 | 2.3018 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 16 | 2.3021 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 16 | 2.3062 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 41 | 2.2980 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 46 | 2.3113 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 51 | 2.3019 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 55 | 2.3058 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 57 | 2.3110 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 58 | 2.3043 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 65 | 2.3101 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 73 | 2.3129 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 76 | 2.3108 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 87 | 2.3016 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 137 | 2.3131 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 144 | 2.3088 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 234 | 2.3085 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 237 | 2.3109 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 243 | 2.3099 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 274 | 2.3123 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 282 | 2.3050 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 428 | 2.3124 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 429 | 2.3119 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 710 | 2.3045 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 753 | 2.3106 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,268 | 2.3122 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,339 | 2.3115 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,806 | 2.3114 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,821 | 2.3084 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,942 | 2.3116 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 2,046 | 2.3044 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 2,138 | 2.3117 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 3,027 | 2.3075 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 3,235 | 2.3048 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Short | 3,385 | 2.3103 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 3,711 | 2.3103 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 4,057 | 2.3111 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Short | 4,735 | 2.3240 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 6,226 | 2.3120 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 10,707 | 2.3240 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 14,127 | 2.3102 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 15,918 | 2.3151 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: | 11 Oct 2021 | ||||||
| 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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