Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - Pollen Street Secure...

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):   The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.	N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:   Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Pollen Street Secured Lending plc
(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:   For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	28/02/2020
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?   If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	YES / NO / N/A If YES, specify which: Please fill in manually

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:	-	0	-	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	1,623,636	2.1878	-  84,579	-0.1140
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	-	0	-	0
TOTAL:	1,623,636	2.1878	-  84,579	-0.1140

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
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	41285	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	27610	8.6515
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	298511	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	298511	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13657	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2982	8.6515
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	86631	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	86631	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	68967	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	29625	8.6515
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	422919	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	422919	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8319	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	40517	8.6515
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	95103	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	95103	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	14064	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7439	8.6515
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	84844	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	84844	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6103	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	49051	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	49051	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11533	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	92517	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	92517	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	33993	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	44533	8.6515
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	178520	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	178520	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	42823	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	155133	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	155133	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4906	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	30836	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	30836	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4350	8.6400
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	16452	8.6515
1p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	44992	8.6600
1p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	44992	8.6600

 (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”

(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”

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES/NO

Date of disclosure:	02/03/2020
Contact name:	Abdi Musse
Telephone number:	[phone]

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].

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