Form 8.3 - Investec PLC

Form 8.3 - Investec PLC

Abax Investments Ltd

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:   Abax Investments
(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

Investec 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: 12 May 2010
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? YES/

If YES, specify which: Investec LTD

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:   0.02p Ordinary

 

Interests   Short positions
Number   % Number   %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 9,899,882 2.10* -500,000 0.11
(2) Derivatives (other than options):        
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:        

TOTAL:

9,399,882 2.10   0.11

*PLEASE FIND TRANSACTIONS NOT PREVIOUSLY DISCLOSED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE

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

(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:   13 May 2010
Contact name: Anthony Sedgwick
Telephone number: 00-21-670 8964

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.

INP        
Trade Date Code Type Quantity Sec. Price
05/05/2010 INP S -85,524 57.1689
05/05/2010 INP S -7,098 57.1689
05/05/2010 INP S -5,719 57.1689
05/05/2010 INP S -19,301 57.1689
05/05/2010 INP S -27,062 57.1689
05/05/2010 INP S -32,984 57.1689
05/05/2010 INP S -3,574 57.1689
05/05/2010 INP S -16,135 57.1689
05/05/2010 INP S -171,909 57.1689
05/05/2010 INP S -32,328 57.1689
06/05/2010 INP S -54,043 56.6061
06/05/2010 INP S -4,485 56.6061
06/05/2010 INP S -3,614 56.6061
06/05/2010 INP S -12,196 56.6061
06/05/2010 INP S -17,100 56.6061
06/05/2010 INP S -20,843 56.6061
06/05/2010 INP S -2,258 56.6061
06/05/2010 INP S -10,196 56.6061
06/05/2010 INP S -108,630 56.6061
06/05/2010 INP S -20,429 56.6061
07/04/2010 INP S -176,121 60.8143
07/04/2010 INP S -14,539 60.8143
07/04/2010 INP S -11,732 60.8143
07/04/2010 INP S -39,657 60.8143
07/04/2010 INP S -24,975 60.8143
07/04/2010 INP S -18,858 60.8143
07/04/2010 INP S -10,220 60.8143
07/04/2010 INP S -25,767 60.8143
07/04/2010 INP S -11,660 60.8143
07/05/2010 INP B 170,000 54.386
07/05/2010 INP B 110,024 54.3032
07/05/2010 INP B 63,960 54.3032
07/05/2010 INP B 170,441 54.3032
08/04/2010 INP S -68,579 60.79
08/04/2010 INP S -5,661 60.79
08/04/2010 INP S -4,568 60.79
08/04/2010 INP S -15,443 60.79
08/04/2010 INP S -9,725 60.79
08/04/2010 INP S -7,342 60.79
08/04/2010 INP S -3,980 60.79
08/04/2010 INP S -10,033 60.79
08/04/2010 INP S -18,000 60.79
08/04/2010 INP S -4,540 60.79
16/04/2010 INP S -12,000 61.725
16/04/2010 INP S -8,000 61.725
21/04/2010 INP S -26,444 61.3057
21/04/2010 INP S -9,594 61.3057
21/04/2010 INP S -7,592 61.3057
21/04/2010 INP S -26,444 61.3057
21/04/2010 INP S -8,760 61.3057
21/04/2010 INP S -4,255 61.3057
21/04/2010 INP S -2,502 61.3057
21/04/2010 INP S -5,840 61.3057
21/04/2010 INP S -4,255 61.3057
21/04/2010 INP S -83,421 61.3057
21/04/2010 INP S -16,684 61.3057
28/04/2010 INP S -46,300 58.4959
28/04/2010 INP S -35,900 58.4959
28/04/2010 INP S -26,600 58.4959
28/04/2010 INP S -14,400 58.4959
28/04/2010 INP S -36,300 58.4959
28/04/2010 INP S -16,800 58.4959

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