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:

04 May 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

(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:

2,532,529

0.41%

8,728,282

1.42%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

15,426,560

2.51%

2,128,055

0.35%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

17,959,089

2.92%

10,856,337

1.77%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

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

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

5p ordinary

Purchase

9

2.5000 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

9

2.4960 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

421

2.4849 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

895

2.4893 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

1,350

2.4955 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

1,476

2.4865 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

2,971

2.4938 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

3,160

2.4883 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

4,251

2.4933 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

8,591

2.4920 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

13,248

2.4940 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

17,499

2.4908 GBP

5p ordinary

Purchase

20,526

2.4882 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

79

2.4956 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

909

2.4858 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

2,344

2.4801 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

2,808

2.4930 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

2,924

2.4979 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

3,111

2.4896 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

10,033

2.4925 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

10,261

2.4933 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

11,862

2.4928 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

12,862

2.4940 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

13,519

2.4917 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

47,114

2.4929 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

188,344

2.5780 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

5p ordinary

 CFD

Long

2,178

2.4939 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

2,924

2.4979 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

3,925

2.4918 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

7,059

2.4898 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

8,004

2.4914 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

8,876

2.4948 GBP

5p ordinary

 CFD

Long

9,406

2.4867 GBP

5p ordinary

 CFD

Long

10,540

2.4940 GBP

5p ordinary

 CFD

Long

11,862

2.4928 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Long

21,692

2.4933 GBP

5p ordinary

 CFD

Short

421

2.4849 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

812

2.4940 GBP

5p ordinary

 CFD

Short

2,229

2.4940 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

4,557

2.4890 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

4,583

2.4948 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

12,945

2.4852 GBP

5p ordinary

 SWAP

Short

17,499

2.4908 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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:

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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

5 May 2022

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213