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:

08 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

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:

3,009,386

0.86%

1,646,118

0.47%

 

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

308,736

0.09%

2,035,445

0.58%

 

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 
 
TOTAL:

3,318,122

0.95%

3,681,563

1.05%

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:

 

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

 

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

693,059

71.2600 GBP

69.56 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary Sale

251,414

71.2600 GBP

69.6848 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 CFD Long

4

69.9950 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

43

71.0600 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

75

71.0840 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

326

70.5710 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Long

334

69.7767 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

585

71.3200 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

866

70.0436 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

983

69.5500 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Long

999

69.7918 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Long

1,258

70.2343 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

1,630

70.8548 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

1,877

70.0586 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

3,256

70.7137 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Long

3,616

70.9465 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

3,821

70.7527 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

3,954

70.7530 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

4,041

70.5200 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Long

4,299

70.8535 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

4,597

71.0800 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Long

5,398

69.9675 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Long

5,864

69.9593 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Long

6,657

70.8558 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

8,721

70.4413 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

15,883

70.6192 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

18,371

71.1400 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

31,753

70.6664 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Long

36,205

69.9951 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Long

38,865

70.6228 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

3

70.9600 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

4

70.8050 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

5

70.7963 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

7

70.0140 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

8

69.9119 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

8

70.1375 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Short

8

71.0425 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

10

70.8600 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

10

71.1426 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

11

70.2722 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

11

70.8300 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

12

70.2271 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

12

70.8026 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

13

70.9916 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

14

69.9202 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

14

70.6461 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Short

17

70.2358 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

17

70.3752 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

21

69.9895 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Short

25

70.6276 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

25

71.1347 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

35

71.0649 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

37

70.0937 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

38

70.7244 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

40

69.9509 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

41

69.9740 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

49

69.9980 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

49

70.0028 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

49

70.4426 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

50

69.7881 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

56

71.0115 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

59

70.0022 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

63

70.1546 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

64

70.2536 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

106

70.6463 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

107

71.0661 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

118

70.7325 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

129

70.3463 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

138

70.3997 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Short

148

70.6277 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

161

70.2849 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

168

71.0129 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

215

70.4592 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

225

70.3941 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

241

69.9065 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Short

250

71.0864 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

294

70.9244 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

311

70.3900 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

326

69.9747 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

585

71.3200 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

642

70.9550 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

682

70.5523 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

686

71.0341 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

701

70.3589 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

873

69.5600 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

873

70.9229 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

983

69.5500 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Short

999

70.2663 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

1,256

69.9865 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

1,353

69.9066 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

1,402

70.7162 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

1,588

70.3937 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

2,023

71.0350 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

2,543

70.9205 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

3,962

70.4558 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

4,041

70.5200 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

4,597

71.0800 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

4,853

70.3594 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Short

4,948

70.2946 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

5,400

70.8489 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

11,869

70.2031 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

14,413

70.2000 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

14,413

70.2000 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

16,136

70.8032 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

17,523

70.4252 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

18,371

71.1400 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Short

28,302

70.3102 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary CFD Short

43,047

70.0252 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

50,000

71.0697 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

50,000

71.0949 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

55,477

70.2057 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

67,073

70.8168 GBP

6 79/86 p ordinary SWAP Short

163,020

71.1705 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

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)

 

 

 

 

 

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”

 

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?

NO

Date of disclosure:

9 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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

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