Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)- MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC -...

Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)- MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC - AMENDMENT

BARCLAYS PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) AMENDMENT TO PURCHASES

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RI”) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:  

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

 

MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:  

GKN PLC

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

 

9 March 2018

(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”

 

YES GKN PLC

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

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(b), 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:       48/7p ordinary            
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 15,879,398 0.82% 39,178,579 2.02%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
35,569,412 1.83% 3,655,281 0.19%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(4)
TOTAL: 51,448,810 2.65% 42,833,860 2.21%

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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), 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   Total number of   Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit
security   securities paid/received paid/received
48/7p ordinary Purchase 2,537,787 2.2498 GBP 2.1607 GBP
48/7p ordinary Sale 3,306,475 2.2514 GBP 2.1571 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions      
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
48/7p ordinary SWAP Long 300 2.2467 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Long 3,237 2.2099 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Long 16,181 2.1796 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Long 34,440 2.1719 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Long 39,604 2.1571 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Long 54,241 2.1999 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Long 70,540 2.1946 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Long 71,244 2.2192 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Long 96,650 2.2174 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Long 123,540 2.1918 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Long 136,409 2.2439 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Long 167,359 2.1614 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Long 182,813 2.2469 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Long 320,591 2.1699 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Long 615,554 2.2125 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Short 233 2.1700 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Short 1,100 2.1740 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Short 1,588 2.1731 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Short 5,075 2.1858 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Short 8,575 2.1697 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Short 12,397 2.2427 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Short 25,870 2.1598 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Short 30,838 2.2235 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Short 30,894 2.2453 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Short 37,490 2.2064 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Short 38,414 2.1606 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Short 39,125 2.1680 GBP
48/7p ordinary SWAP Short 45,665 2.1604 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Short 125,000 2.2323 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Short 210,367 2.2498 GBP
48/7p ordinary CFD Short 500,000 2.1957 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

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. call option

  Exercising/ exercised against   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit

(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)

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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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:  

21 March 2018

Contact name:

Jay Supaya

Telephone number:

020 7773 0635

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.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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