Form 8.3 - Britvic plc

Form 8.3 - Britvic plc

Deccan Value Investors L.P.

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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:   Deccan Value Investors L.P.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient

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

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

  Britvic plc
(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:   25/10/2012
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?   No

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:   20p ordinary shares

 

 

Interests   Short positions
  Number   %   Number   %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:   5,276,345   2.18        
(2) Derivatives (other than options):                
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:                

TOTAL:

  5,276,345   2.18        

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security   Purchase/sale   Number of securities   Price per unit
Ordinary Shares   Sale   14,371   3.6000
Ordinary Shares   Sale   2,473   3.6010
Ordinary Shares   Sale   1,581   3.6020
Ordinary Shares   Sale   496   3.6030
Ordinary Shares   Sale   831   3.6040
Ordinary Shares   Sale   502   3.6050
Ordinary Shares   Sale   1,234   3.6060
Ordinary Shares   Sale   5,022   3.6070
Ordinary Shares   Sale   3,168   3.6080
Ordinary Shares   Sale   4,276   3.6090
Ordinary Shares   Sale   1,323   3.6100
Ordinary Shares   Sale   9,452   3.6110
Ordinary Shares   Sale   3,522   3.6120
Ordinary Shares   Sale   2,891   3.6130
Ordinary Shares   Sale   12,256   3.6140
Ordinary Shares   Sale   6,482   3.6150
Ordinary Shares   Sale   5,801   3.6160
Ordinary Shares   Sale   4,484   3.6170
Ordinary Shares   Sale   488   3.6175
Ordinary Shares   Sale   849   3.6180
Ordinary Shares   Sale   2,536   3.6190
Ordinary Shares   Sale   2,504   3.6200
Ordinary Shares   Sale   400   3.6210
Ordinary Shares   Sale   112   3.6220
Ordinary Shares   Sale   736   3.6230
Ordinary Shares   Sale   1,497   3.6240
Ordinary Shares   Sale   4,541   3.6250
Ordinary Shares   Sale   2,163   3.6260
Ordinary Shares   Sale   1,211   3.6280
Ordinary Shares   Sale   133   3.6300
Ordinary Shares   Sale   6,478   3.6330

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. CFD

  Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

  Number of reference securities   Price per unit

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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) Exercising

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. call option

  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)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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.

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:

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 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”

none

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? No
Date of disclosure:   26/10/2012
Contact name:   John Malik, Chief Operating Officer
Telephone number:   +1 (203) 983-7203

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing 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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Britvic (BVIC)
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