2nd Apr 2009 16:42
FORM 8.3
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997,
TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED)
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES
REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing (Note 1) Barclays PLC
Company dealt in ThirdForce PLC
Class of relevant security to which the Ord Euro 0.125
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 1 April 2009
2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)
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Long |
Short |
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Number |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
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(1) Relevant securities |
7,920,370 |
3.05% |
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(2) Derivatives (other than options) |
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(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell |
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Total |
7,920,370 |
3.05% |
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the
class dealt in (Note 3)
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Class of relevant security: |
Long |
Short |
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Number |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
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(1) Relevant securities |
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(2) Derivatives (other than options) |
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(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell |
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Total |
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
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Purchase/sale |
Number of relevant securities |
Price per unit (Note 5) |
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|
Sale |
879,122 |
0.0675 |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
Product name, Nature of transaction Number of relevant securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD (Note 6) (Note 7) (Note 5)
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call option purchasing, to which the option price American, date paid/received
varying etc. relates (Note 7) European etc. per unit (Note 5)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, Number of securities Exercise price per
e.g. call option unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable) (Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
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 2nd April
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number +44 (0) 20 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror NA
with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of NA
connection (Note 10)
This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of
The Irish Stock Exchange.
Related Shares:
Barclays