Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - [Laird plc] - Amendment

FORM 8.3 - AMENDMENT

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:	Man Group Plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):	N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:	Laird plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:	1st March 2018
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?	YES / NO / N/A If YES, specify which:

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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:	28.125p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	9,705,222	1.9851	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0	0	0
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	9,705,222	1.9851	0	0

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 security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit (GBP)
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14,863	2.0217
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	311,366	2.0111
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	44,702	2.0230
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	30,804	2.0220
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	29,514	2.0240
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	48,589	2.0250
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	145,769	2.0201
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	16,340	2.0240
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8,229	2.0217
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	24,749	2.0230
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	17,054	2.0220
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	174,518	2.0111
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	26,904	2.0250
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	80,705	2.0201
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	54,333	2.0111
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,169	2.0220
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7,502	2.0230
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,953	2.0240
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,494	2.0217
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8,156	2.0250
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	24,463	2.0201
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	101,049	2.0240
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	933,855	2.0111
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	153,047	2.0230
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	105,461	2.0220
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	50,888	2.0217
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	166,351	2.0250
28.125p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	499,063	2.0201

(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?

YES/NO

Date of disclosure:	2nd March 2018
Contact name:	James Carr
Telephone number:	02071447242

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail].  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on [phone].

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

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