Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROUP ...

Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROUP PLC - Amendment

BARCLAYS PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) AMENDMENT

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)	Â	Name of exempt principal trader:	Â	BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)		Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROUP PLC
Â		relevant securities this form relates:		Â
(c)		Name of the party to the offer with which exempt		DIXONS RETAIL PLC
Â		principal trader is connected		Â
(d)		Date position held/dealing undertaken:		8 April 2014
(e)		Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it		YES:
		today disclosing, under the Code in respect		DIXONS RETAIL PLC
Â		of any other party to this offer?		Â

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(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				Short Positions
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		220,667		0.04%		659,637		0.11%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		534,122		0.09%		146,114		0.03%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(4)		TOTAL:
				754,789		0.13%		805,751		0.14%

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(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant	Â	Purchase/sale	Â	Number of	Â	Price per unit
security		Â		securities		Â
ORD		Purchase		149		3.0855 GBP
ORD		Purchase		151		3.0970 GBP
ORD		Purchase		151		3.1290 GBP
ORD		Purchase		953		3.0900 GBP
ORD		Purchase		963		3.1145 GBP
ORD		Purchase		966		3.1130 GBP
ORD		Purchase		984		3.0965 GBP
ORD		Purchase		987		3.0955 GBP
ORD		Purchase		994		3.0905 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,004		3.0930 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,022		3.1255 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,037		3.1374 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,098		3.1205 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,099		3.1220 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,649		3.1250 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,936		3.1225 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,088		3.1140 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,431		3.1240 GBP
ORD		Purchase		20,669		3.1247 GBP
ORD		Purchase		42,900		3.1186 GBP
ORD		Sale		149		3.0855 GBP
ORD		Sale		151		3.0970 GBP
ORD		Sale		151		3.1290 GBP
ORD		Sale		953		3.0900 GBP
ORD		Sale		963		3.1145 GBP
ORD		Sale		966		3.1130 GBP
ORD		Sale		984		3.0965 GBP
ORD		Sale		987		3.0955 GBP
ORD		Sale		990		3.1240 GBP
ORD		Sale		994		3.0905 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,004		3.0930 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,022		3.1255 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,044		3.1140 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,098		3.1205 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,099		3.1220 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,320		3.1424 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,649		3.1250 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,936		3.1225 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,348		3.1067 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,798		3.1154 GBP
ORD		Sale		3,314		3.1080 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,077		3.1253 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,137		3.1103 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,524		3.1032 GBP
ORD		Sale		16,140		3.1117 GBP
ORD		Sale		40,409		3.1227 GBP
ORD		Sale		96,400		3.0959 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of	Â	Product	Â	Nature of dealing	Â	Number of	Â	Price per
relevant		description				reference		unit
security		Â		Â		securities		Â
ORD		CFD		Long		1,199		3.1195 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		1,609		3.1496 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		6,524		3.1032 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		7,500		3.1138 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		8,314		3.1155 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		11,977		3.1181 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		96,400		3.0959 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,243		3.1520 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		5,948		3.1048 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		15,956		3.1309 GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Â

Number of securities to which option relates

Â

Exercise price per unit

Â

Type e.g. American, European etc.

Â

Expiry date

Â

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

Number of securities

Â

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Â

Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Â

Details

Â

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(b), 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 exempt principal trader 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 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?	Â	NO
Date of disclosure:		10 Apr 2014
Contact name:		Rajesh Muthanna
Telephone number:		020 3555 4634

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.