Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - [Melrose Industries ...

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:	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:	Melrose Industries 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:	9th 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: GKN plc

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:	48/7p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	0	0	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	27,074,850	1.3947	19,312,509	0.9949
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	27,074,850	1.3947	19,312,509	0.9949

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)
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	36,200	2.1933
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	5,302	2.1731
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	6,289	2.1683
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	7,351	2.1684
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	7,759	2.1781
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	4,285	2.2085
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	4,621	2.1691
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	8,979	2.2362
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7,919	2.2084
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	208,394	2.2219
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	90,823	2.2470
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12,357	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	98,099	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	53,023	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,105	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6,714	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	31,089	2.2470
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	43,226	2.2219
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9,127	2.1935
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	9,000	2.1933
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	27	2.1935
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	10,101	2.1793
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	97,377	2.1849
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	10,531	2.2169
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	78,423	2.2219
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	10,645	2.2084
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	57,369	2.2470
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	30	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	28	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	57	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	65,107	2.2470
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11,489	2.2084
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	88,982	2.2219
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	110,556	2.1849
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11,959	2.2169
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11,470	2.1793
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,718	2.1793
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	16,572	2.1849
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,791	2.2169
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13,349	2.2219
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,795	2.2084
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9,768	2.2470
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13,335	2.2470
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,367	2.2084
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	18,231	2.2219
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,449	2.2169
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	22,639	2.1849
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,349	2.1793
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3,600	2.1933
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,581	2.1935
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	825	2.1935
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,845	2.1793
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	46,836	2.1849
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5,051	2.2169
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	37,833	2.2219
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	27,686	2.2470
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14,583	2.2084
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	6,020	2.1849
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	607	2.2169
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	582	2.1793
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,052	2.1935
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	826	2.1935
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,230	2.1935
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,862	2.2219
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	15,865	2.2219
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12,422	2.2470
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,559	2.2470
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,927	2.2084
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,282	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,662	2.2371
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	795	2.2030
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	7,000	2.1933
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,500	2.1933
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	23,900	2.1933
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	6,300	2.1933

(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:	12th 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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