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:	02 October 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
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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:	2,409,228	0.69%	1,631,060	0.47%
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(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
		300,500	0.09%	1,603,748	0.46%
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(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
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	TOTAL:	2,709,728	0.77%	3,234,808	0.92%
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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	170,315	72.1227 GBP	70.01 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	Sale	86,845	71.9200 GBP	70.01 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of	Product	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant	description		reference	unit
security			securities	Â
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	7	70.9200 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	11	70.9764 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	35	70.1825 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	43	71.4617 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	43	72.2000 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	47	70.9600 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	96	71.2094 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	169	71.3189 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	197	71.1133 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	219	71.2163 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	250	70.6936 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	312	71.1832 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	337	70.4886 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	623	70.0800 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	917	70.6676 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	1,160	71.2284 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	2,463	71.0692 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Long	37,658	70.6163 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	14	70.5371 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	22	72.1227 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	30	70.3006 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	35	71.3408 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	42	70.0400 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	44	70.7863 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	487	70.7028 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	630	70.6523 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	681	70.0863 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	1,436	70.9759 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	1,876	71.0933 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	1,998	70.7029 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	4,172	71.4719 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	21,832	70.5370 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	23,632	70.8011 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	25,066	70.0800 GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	SWAP	Short	46,611	70.5789 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”

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(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?	NO
Date of disclosure:	3 Oct 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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