FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - MELROSE INDUSTRIES 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 MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC
  relevant securities this form relates:  
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt GKN PLC
  principal trader is connected  
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 15 March 2018
(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? GKN PLC

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:       48/7p Oridinary            
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 18,990,373 0.98% 38,999,088 2.01%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
35,149,999 1.81% 6,764,830 0.35%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 54,140,372 2.79% 45,763,918 2.36%

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
48/7p Oridinary Purchase 2,431,581 2.2517 GBP 2.1835 GBP
48/7p Oridinary Sale 1,779,728 2.2489 GBP 2.1755 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Long 392 2.1859 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Long 1,023 2.2321 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Long 1,162 2.2197 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Long 3,908 2.2489 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Long 5,855 2.2454 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 9,797 2.2403 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Long 12,461 2.2307 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 12,701 2.2026 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 25,769 2.1884 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Long 29,490 2.2240 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 32,787 2.2350 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Long 33,429 2.2328 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 50,000 2.2103 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 67,966 2.2145 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 75,398 2.1922 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 85,000 2.2154 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 220,906 2.1945 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 245,294 2.2210 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Long 245,294 2.2210 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Long 264,736 2.2256 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Long 287,783 2.2113 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 17 2.2458 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 193 2.1969 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 332 2.1977 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 384 2.1900 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 416 2.1835 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 551 2.2339 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 959 2.1894 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 1,248 2.1918 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 1,265 2.2451 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 2,323 2.1876 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 3,622 2.2061 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 12,102 2.1930 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 27,030 2.2163 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 32,123 2.2054 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 36,763 2.2212 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 57,333 2.2399 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 68,599 2.1960 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 84,658 2.2130 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 87,500 2.2435 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 117,853 2.2387 GBP
48/7p Oridinary CFD Short 343,850 2.2211 GBP
48/7p Oridinary SWAP Short 972,510 2.2162 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: 16 Mar 2018
Contact name: Elise Tang
Telephone number: 0207 1163 001

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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