Rule 8.3 - AMERICAN CAP LTD
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 09 January 2009
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 11,723,942 5.67% 23,762 0.01%
securities
(2) Derivatives 3,600 0.00% 2,700 0.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 6,775 0.00% 871 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 11,734,317 5.68% 27,333 0.01%
(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 600 5.8683
Purchase 100 5.8810
Purchase 880 5.8100 USD
Purchase 1,800 5.8771 USD
Purchase 300 5.9200
Purchase 1,100 5.8355
Purchase 900 5.8583
Purchase 2,429 5.8100 USD
Purchase 1,000 5.8500
Purchase 100 5.8800
Purchase 400 5.8925
Purchase 2,349 5.8100 USD
Purchase 146 5.8100
Purchase 3,253 5.8100 USD
Purchase 300 5.8567
Purchase 55 5.8100 USD
Purchase 100 5.9200
Purchase 100 5.9200
Purchase 300 5.9200
Purchase 200 5.9100
Purchase 350 5.8500
Purchase 47,001 5.8432
Purchase 400 5.9050
Purchase 6,400 6.0144
Purchase 3,422 6.0226
Purchase 1,600 5.8313
Purchase 1,200 6.2400
Purchase 110 5.8100 USD
Purchase 55 5.8100 USD
Purchase 1,200 5.9233
Purchase 9,830 6.1747
Purchase 1,100 5.8155
Purchase 100 5.8800
Sale 9,520 Transfer
Sale 452 5.8100 USD
Sale 9,691 6.1831 USD
Sale 10,435 5.8797 USD
Sale 18,651 6.1831 USD
Sale 108 5.8100 USD
Sale 23,869 6.1831 USD
Sale 6,146 5.9154 USD
Sale 30,381 5.8892 USD
Sale 4,282 6.1831 USD
Sale 3,330 5.8797 USD
Sale 200 5.9100 USD
Sale 270 5.8100 USD
Sale 496 5.8100 USD
Sale 3,003 5.9154 USD
Sale 540 5.8100 USD
Sale 2,394 5.9153 USD
Sale 2,384 5.8100 USD
Sale 43,511 6.1831 USD
Sale 2,200 5.8773 USD
Sale 2,034 5.8100 USD
Sale 1,488 5.8100 USD
Sale 678 5.8100 USD
Sale 752 5.9154 USD
Sale 226 5.8100 USD
Sale 3,422 6.0226
Sale 5,700 5.8500
Sale 200 5.8850
Sale 100 5.8200
Sale 3,517 5.8420
Sale 1,000 5.8500
Sale 1,000 5.9180
Sale 100 5.8500
Sale 100 5.8100
Sale 350 5.8500
Sale 300 5.8100
Sale 1,700 5.8365
Sale 1,600 5.8332
Sale 14,301 5.8499
Sale 1,000 5.8500
Sale 393 5.8151
Sale 1,200 5.8100
Sale 60,491 6.1831 USD
Sale 65,670 6.1831 USD
Sale 66,797 6.1831 USD
Sale 72,847 6.1831 USD
Sale 91,266 6.1831 USD
Sale 127,322 6.1831 USD
Sale 1,500 5.8540
Sale 146 5.8100
Sale 1,700 6.1159
Sale 530 5.8138
Sale 100 5.8300
Sale 15,900 5.8412
Sale 9,830 6.1747
Sale 500 5.8500
Sale 52,824 6.1831 USD
Sale 1,360 5.8107
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 2700 5.8733
(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 21/02/2009 0.5
Call Purchase 5 7.5 AMER 22/08/2009 1.5
Call Purchase 5 10 AMER 22/08/2009 0.975
Call Purchase 10 10 AMER 22/08/2009 0.9
Call Purchase 64 10 AMER 22/08/2009 0.9
Call Selling 5 10 AMER 22/08/2009 0.975
Call Selling 10 7.5 AMER 16/01/2010 1.8
Put Purchase 2 5 AMER 17/01/2009 0.2
Put Purchase 12 5 AMER 17/01/2009 0.15
Put Selling 12 5 AMER 17/01/2009 0.15
(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 12 January 2009
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 -3 2.5000 AMER 17/01/2009
Option Purchased -252 17.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -11 5.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -10 40.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -9 12.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -7 12.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -11 15.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -3 10.0000 AMER 17/01/2009
Option Purchased -12 10.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -2 17.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -2 17.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 1 20.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 3 7.5000 AMER 16/01/2010
Option Purchased 5 5.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 5 7.5000 AMER 16/01/2010
Option Purchased -6 10.0000 AMER 16/01/2010
Option Purchased -23 10.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -187 30.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -56 20.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -40 7.5000 AMER 17/01/2009
Option Purchased -37 10.0000 AMER 22/08/2009
Option Purchased -30 10.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -11 22.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -24 7.5000 AMER 17/01/2009
Option Purchased 8 17.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -22 2.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased -21 2.5000 AMER 17/01/2009
Option Purchased -20 2.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -16 15.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -16 25.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased -15 5.0000 AMER 16/01/2010
Option Purchased -25 30.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 144 20.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 47 7.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 51 5.0000 AMER 17/01/2009
Option Purchased 63 5.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 70 7.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 91 7.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 7 30.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 119 25.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 37 35.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 436 7.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 448 15.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 566 12.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 612 12.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 628 10.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 1,100 25.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 99 12.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 15 2.5000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 1,920 17.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 8 2.5000 AMER 22/08/2009
Option Purchased 10 2.5000 AMER 22/08/2009
Option Purchased 10 5.0000 AMER 16/01/2010
Option Purchased 10 7.5000 AMER 22/08/2009
Option Purchased 11 2.5000 AMER 16/01/2010
Option Purchased 47 5.0000 AMER 17/01/2009
Option Purchased 11 5.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 38 7.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 22 20.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 24 15.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 27 15.0000 AMER 16/05/2009
Option Purchased 29 2.5000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 35 5.0000 AMER 22/08/2009
Option Purchased 7 40.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
Option Purchased 11 30.0000 AMER 21/02/2009
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