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:	Â	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	Â	Â
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Â	Britvic plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	Â	Â
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:	Â	02/01/2013
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	Â	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:	Â	20p ordinary shares
Â	Â	Interests			Â	Short positions
	Â	Number	Â	%	Â	Number	Â	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	Â	4,535,120	Â	1.87	Â	Â	Â	Â
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
TOTAL:	Â	4,535,120	Â	1.87	Â	Â	Â	Â

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:	Â
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	Â

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	Â	Purchase/sale	Â	Number of securities	Â	Price per unit
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	262	Â	4.1000
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	4,314	Â	4.1060
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	264	Â	4.1090
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	487	Â	4.1100
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,674	Â	4.1105
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	5,463	Â	4.1130
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	74	Â	4.1200
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	979	Â	4.1210
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,592	Â	4.1220
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	4,015	Â	4.1225
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	2,099	Â	4.1230
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	920	Â	4.1235
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,458	Â	4.1240
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	521	Â	4.1245
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	13,015	Â	4.1250
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	2,720	Â	4.1260
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	847	Â	4.1270
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	255	Â	4.1275
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	270	Â	4.1280
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,601	Â	4.1290
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	299	Â	4.1295
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	3,130	Â	4.1300
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	12,038	Â	4.1303
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	2,473	Â	4.1310
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,942	Â	4.1320
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,375	Â	4.1330
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	680	Â	4.1340
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	3,033	Â	4.1342
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	19,839	Â	4.1350
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	3,180	Â	4.1360
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	764	Â	4.1370
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	14,969	Â	4.1373
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	6,249	Â	4.1380
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	645	Â	4.1390
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	670	Â	4.1400
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	750	Â	4.1410
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	3,631	Â	4.1420
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	760	Â	4.1430
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,125	Â	4.1440
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	262	Â	4.1445
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	6,352	Â	4.1450
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,040	Â	4.1460
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	5,447	Â	4.1470
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	4,254	Â	4.1480
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	810	Â	4.1490
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	2,939	Â	4.1500
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	450	Â	4.1510
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	510	Â	4.1520
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	270	Â	4.1530
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	280	Â	4.1540
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	430	Â	4.1560
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	851	Â	4.1570
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	250	Â	4.1580
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	260	Â	4.1600
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,563	Â	4.1610
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	310	Â	4.1620
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	525	Â	4.1630
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	460	Â	4.1640
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	5,941	Â	4.1650
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	126	Â	4.1660
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	4,184	Â	4.1670
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	750	Â	4.1680
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	305	Â	4.1690
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	400	Â	4.1700
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,828	Â	4.1710
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	7,223	Â	4.1727
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	230	Â	4.1740
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	280	Â	4.1810
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	274	Â	4.1850
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	265	Â	4.1870
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	252	Â	4.1880
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	553	Â	4.1890
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	610	Â	4.1900
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	775	Â	4.1930
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	280	Â	4.1940
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	400	Â	4.1950
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	2,063	Â	4.1960
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,129	Â	4.1970
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	400	Â	4.1980
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	381	Â	4.2000
Ordinary Shares	Â	Purchase	Â	1,006	Â	4.2020

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. CFD

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

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Number of reference securities

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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

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Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

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Details

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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?

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No

Date of disclosure:	Â	03/01/2013
Contact name:	Â	John Malik, Chief Operating Officer
Telephone number:	Â	[phone]

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 [e-mail]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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