Form 8.3 -C&C GROUP PLC

Form 8.3 -C&C GROUP PLC

BARCLAYS 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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:	Â	Barclays PLC.
(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	C&C GROUP 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	12 DEC 2014
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	Â	YES: SPIRIT PUB COMPANY PLC GREENE KING 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:	Â	Â	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Interests		Â		Short Positions
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		1,460,636		0.42%		1,735,354		0.50%
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(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		1,692,678		0.49%		683,933		0.20%
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(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
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(4)
		TOTAL:		3,153,314		0.91%		2,419,287		0.70%

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	Â	Purchase/sale	Â	Number of	Â	Price per unit	Â
security		Â		securities		Â
ORD		Purchase		1,853		3.4749 EUR
ORD		Purchase		2,026		3.4833 EUR
ORD		Purchase		5,892		3.4645 EUR
ORD		Purchase		6,811		3.4735 EUR
ORD		Purchase		7,124		3.4524 EUR
ORD		Purchase		9,635		3.4539 EUR
ORD		Purchase		12,959		3.4550 EUR
ORD		Purchase		51,738		3.4830 EUR
ORD		Sale		3,023		3.4503 EUR
ORD		Sale		7,124		3.4445 EUR
ORD		Sale		16,120		3.4484 EUR
ORD		Sale		23,267		3.4486 EUR
ORD		Sale		27,914		3.4721 EUR
(b)		Derivatives transactions (other than options)		Â		Â		Â
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of		Price per
relevant		description				reference		unit
security		Â		Â		securities		Â
ORD		SWAP		Long		1,146		3.4805 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		2,700		3.4753 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		3,943		3.4461 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Long		11,031		3.4457 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		6,608		3.4543 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		7,124		3.4445 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		18,606		3.4770 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Long		23,267		3.4486 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Short		100		3.4460 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Short		100		3.4640 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		1,626		3.4510 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		989		3.4516 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		6,811		3.4735 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Short		9,435		3.4539 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		10,344		3.4568 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		7,124		3.4524 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Short		56,460		3.4830 EUR

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

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Number of securities to which option relates

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Exercise price per unit

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Type e.g. American, European etc.

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Expiry date

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Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Number of securities

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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?

NO

Date of disclosure:	Â	15 DEC 2014
Contact name:		Jay Supaya
Telephone number:		0207 773 0635

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.