Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE G...

Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC

BARCLAYS PLC

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

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)	Name of exempt principal trader:	BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose	LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt	LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:	24 September 2019
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal	YES:
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?	HONG KONG EXCHANGES & CLEARING LTD

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

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.

(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:		6 79/86 p ordinary
		Interests		Short Positions
		Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:	2,383,122	0.68%	1,789,669	0.51%
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(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:	Â	Â	Â	Â
		450,381	0.13%	1,574,257	0.45%
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(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)	Â	Â	Â	Â
	and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
		Â	Â	Â	Â
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	TOTAL:	2,833,503	0.81%	3,363,926	0.96%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), 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 employee options)

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

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

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.

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

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant	Purchase/sale	Total number of	Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security		securities	paid/received	paid/received
6 79/86 p ordinary	Purchase	103,293	73.9400 GBP	73.1 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	Sale	116,204	73.9400 GBP	73.1 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of	Product	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant	description		reference	unit
security			securities
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	34	73.5800 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	38	73.7592 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	40	73.5820 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	57	73.5819 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	274	73.4891 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	375	73.7377 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	415	73.3479 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	949	73.4821 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	1,000	73.6696 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	1,440	73.3225 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	1,699	73.3860 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	3,642	73.6690 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	9,286	73.6906 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	14,981	73.6799 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	7	73.5771 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	32	73.3684 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	201	73.4246 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	223	73.6480 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	600	73.2356 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	775	73.4470 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	951	73.7533 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	1,359	73.5773 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	1,966	73.5247 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	2,560	73.3051 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	12,521	73.5494 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(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
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(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
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(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)
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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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

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(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 Â

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?	NO
Date of disclosure:	25 Sep 2019
Contact name:	Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:	020 3134 7213

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

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

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

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