Form 8.3 - Travis Perkins PLC

RNS Number : 2514N

Travis Perkins PLC

08 June 2010

 



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)  Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:	Constance Mary Travis ("CMT") Ernest Raymond Anthony Travis ("ERAT") Hilary M Weiss ("HMW")
(b)  Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):        The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient
(c)  Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:        Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Travis Perkins 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:	04 June 2010
(f)   Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	No

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:	10.0p Ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	CMT - as legal & beneficial owner 616,992 CMT & ERAT as trustees of family trusts 1,269,272 CMT & ERAT as trustees of charitable trust 2,213,174 CMT - as a trustee of family trusts 2,640,700 ERAT - as beneficial owner 2,275,518 ERAT - as trustee of charitable trust 983,083 HMW - as legal & beneficial owner 1,181,500 HMW - as beneficial owner 1,691,541
(2)  Derivatives (other than options):
(3)  Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:	12,871,780	6.16889

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

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.

3.             DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)           Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
10.0p Ordinary 10.0p Ordinary 10.0p Ordinary	Sale by CMT & ERAT as trustees of family trust Sale by CMT & ERAT as trustees of family trust Sale by CMT & ERAT as trustees of family trust	20,015 on 02 June 2010 79,985 on 03 June 2010 18,000 on 04 June 2010	780.6931 788.5757 794.1778
TOTAL		118,000

(b)           Derivatives transactions (other than options)

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

(c)           Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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)           Exercising

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	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)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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.

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: 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?

No

Date of disclosure:	08 June 2010
Contact name:	Neil Harpham Hewitsons LLP
Telephone number:	01604 233233

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 dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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

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