FORM 8.3 - RWS HOLDINGS PLC

FORM 8.3 - RWS HOLDINGS PLC

BARCLAYS PLC

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)	Full name of discloser:	Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose	RWS HOLDINGS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:	04 November 2020
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making	NO:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

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.

(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:		1p ordinary
		Interests		Short Positions
		Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:	1,853,994	0.67%	196,480	0.07%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
		126,928	0.05%	1,493,087	0.54%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:	1,980,922	0.72%	1,689,567	0.61%

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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

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.

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

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant	Purchase/sale	Number of	Price per unit
security		securities
1p ordinary	Purchase	1	6.7000 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	18	1,047.8016 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	82	6.0500 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	151	5.4932 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	360	5.4743 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	372	5.4425 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	476	5.3972 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	662	5.4426 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,154	6.1401 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,348	5.4725 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,397	6.1900 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,452	5.3906 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,525	5.6373 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,719	5.4559 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,938	5.3910 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	1,963	5.4383 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,192	5.4385 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	2,719	5.4681 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	6,278	6.1946 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	7,617	5.4839 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	16,772	6.2550 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	23,525	6.1994 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	43,516	5.3895 GBP
1p ordinary	Purchase	134,748	5.4220 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2	6.7000 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	9	5.9511 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	127	5.5193 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	493	5.3956 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	755	5.5080 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	776	5.9690 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	807	5.5039 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,286	6.1903 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,525	5.6376 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,719	5.4561 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	1,963	5.4386 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,240	6.0861 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,753	5.9866 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	2,932	5.4196 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	3,024	5.6390 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	5,121	5.5240 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	7,259	5.4917 GBP
1p ordinary	Sale	17,209	6.0343 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of	Product	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant	description		reference	unit
security			securities
1p ordinary	CFD	Long	61	5.8795 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Long	72	5.6700 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Long	776	5.9690 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Long	991	5.9664 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Long	1,287	5.9734 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Long	1,651	5.9850 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Long	7,667	6.0156 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Long	10,362	6.0704 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Long	16,377	TRANSFER
1p ordinary	SWAP	Long	123,477	TRANSFER
1p ordinary	SWAP	Short	91	5.6701 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Short	180	6.2000 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Short	3,615	6.2350 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Short	8,550	6.1904 GBP
1p ordinary	SWAP	Short	12,243	6.1941 GBP
1p ordinary	CFD	Short	408,125	TRANSFER
1p ordinary	SWAP	Short	2,606,191	TRANSFER

(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 person 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 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:	5 Nov 2020
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].

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit.

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

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