Rule 8.3 - AMERICAN CAP LTD
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in AMERICAN CAP LTD
Class of relevant security COM USD0.01
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 11 November 2008
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 8,708,409 4.21% 62,033 0.03%
securities
(2) Derivatives 5,000 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 19,694 0.01% 11,205 0.01%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 8,733,103 4.22% 73,238 0.04%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
(GBP)
Purchase 200 7.1250
Purchase 476 6.7500 USD
Purchase 723,900 30.0000
Purchase 54 6.7500 USD
Purchase 565 6.7500 USD
Purchase 880 6.7500 USD
Purchase 275 6.7500 USD
Purchase 110 6.7500 USD
Purchase 385 6.7500 USD
Purchase 18,200 7.1430 USD
Purchase 29,500 7.1481 USD
Purchase 2,380 6.7500 USD
Purchase 100 7.3000
Purchase 162 6.7500 USD
Purchase 200 7.1550
Purchase 1,800 7.2956
Purchase 5,581 7.0983
Purchase 11,074 6.9763
Purchase 500 7.1148
Purchase 18,780 7.0696
Purchase 900 7.0600
Purchase 38,864 7.0423
Purchase 10,032 7.1403
Purchase 3,000 7.0297
Purchase 2,100 7.2057
Purchase 21,600 6.7940
Purchase 13,582 7.1549 USD
Purchase 2,800 7.2005
Purchase 1,913 7.2836
Purchase 4,800 30.0000
Purchase 118 6.7500 USD
Purchase 1,539 7.8700 USD
Purchase 226 6.7500 USD
Purchase 1,400 7.1549 USD
Purchase 242 6.7500 USD
Purchase 40,400 7.1549 USD
Purchase 4,226 7.1549 USD
Purchase 20,390 7.1549 USD
Purchase 100,641 7.1549 USD
Purchase 1,114 7.1494 USD
Purchase 2,325 6.9973 USD
Purchase 45,000 7.1481 USD
Purchase 16,690 6.9973 USD
Purchase 47,215 7.1549 USD
Purchase 13,458 7.1549 USD
Purchase 46,300 7.1430 USD
Purchase 2,656 7.1494 USD
Purchase 23,944 7.1549 USD
Sale 5,581 7.0983
Sale 600 7.3783
Sale 600 7.3800
Sale 2,413 6.7500 USD
Sale 3,200 7.2068
Sale 500 7.0400
Sale 21,600 6.7940
Sale 200 7.2850
Sale 357 6.7500 USD
Sale 1,913 7.2836
Sale 800 6.9138
Sale 500 7.0560
Sale 177 7.4264
Sale 3,500 7.0533
Sale 19,000 6.7940
Sale 9,900 9.9928 USD
Sale 5,500 7.0902
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
Call Purchase 5 7.5 AMER 22/11/2008 1.22300
Call Purchase 15 10 AMER 22/11/2008 0.25000
Call Purchase 16 10 AMER 22/11/2008 0.25000
Call Selling 1 15 AMER 16/05/2009 0.85000
Call Selling 1 30 AMER 21/02/2009 0.10000
Call Selling 1 30 AMER 16/05/2009 0.15000
Call Selling 2 35 AMER 16/05/2009 11.99000
Call Selling 3 15 AMER 22/11/2008 0.10000
Call Selling 4 10 AMER 20/12/2008 1.05000
Call Selling 5 10 AMER 21/02/2009 1.22300
Call Selling 10 10 AMER 16/05/2009 0.30000
Call Selling 10 15 AMER 22/11/2008 0.10000
Put Purchase 2 10 AMER 21/02/2009 4.27000
Put Purchase 2 30 AMER 16/05/2009 22.90000
Put Purchase 3 30 AMER 16/05/2009 22.60000
Put Purchase 48 30 AMER 22/11/2008 0.00001
Put Purchase 7239 30 AMER 22/11/2008 0.00001
Put Selling 1 12.5 AMER 21/02/2009 4.47500
Put Selling 2 7.5 AMER 21/02/2009 2.42000
Put Selling 4 12.5 AMER 21/02/2009 8.68800
Put Selling 30 12.5 AMER 21/02/2009 1.87500
Put Selling 56 7.5 AMER 22/11/2008 0.48000
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES
Date of disclosure 13 November 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
Product name, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date
e.g. call option purchased to which the option (Note 2) American,
or derivative relates European etc.
Option Purchased -11 7.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -7,202 30.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -23 35.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -23 7.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -20 12.5000 AMER 20/12/2008
Option Purchased -20 7.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -19 7.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -15 25.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -12 15.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -25 17.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -11 22.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -39 30.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -10 40.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -5 10.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -4 15.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -4 17.5000 AMER 20/12/2008
Option Purchased -3 7.5000 AMER 20/12/2008
Option Purchased -2 5.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 1 15.0000 AMER 20/12/2008
Option Purchased 4 40.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -11 10.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -131 10.0000 AMER 20/12/2008
Option Purchased -715 12.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -445 30.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -302 15.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -300 22.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -277 17.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -235 7.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -211 20.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -187 30.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -25 30.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -143 5.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 5 30.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -118 40.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -107 17.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -100 12.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -87 15.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -59 10.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -56 20.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -50 25.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -40 40.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -157 15.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 612 12.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 192 25.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 296 15.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 314 20.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 319 7.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased -1 17.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 335 12.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 363 10.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 436 7.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 5 12.5000 AMER 20/12/2008
Option Purchased 562 12.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 132 25.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 628 10.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 695 22.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 732 35.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 914 25.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 1,000 17.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 1,100 25.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 1,426 22.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 1,920 17.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 448 15.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 28 15.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 6,252 20.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 5 45.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 6 10.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 7 45.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 9 17.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 10 15.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 10 5.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 10 7.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 163 15.0000 AMER 20/12/2008
Option Purchased 25 10.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 144 20.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 32 30.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 47 10.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 50 35.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 57 22.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 71 12.5000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 79 35.0000 AMER 22/11/2008
Option Purchased 103 20.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 120 25.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 5 2.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 22 20.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given.
Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover
Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk