Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROU...

Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROUP PLC

BARCLAYS PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RI”) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a)	Â	Name of exempt principal trader:	Â	BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)		Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROUP PLC
Â		relevant securities this form relates:		Â
(c)		Name of the party to the offer with which exempt		DIXONS RETAIL PLC
Â		principal trader is connected		Â
(d)		Date position held/dealing undertaken:		6 August 2014
(e)		Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it		YES:
		today disclosing, under the Code in respect		DIXONS RETAIL PLC
Â		of any other party to this offer?		Â

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(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:	Â	Â	Â	ORD
				Interests			Â	Short Positions
Â		Â		Number	Â	(%)		Number	Â	(%)
(1)		Relevant securities owned
		and/or controlled:		4,887,808		0.85%		1,009,524		0.18%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)		Derivatives (other than
		options):		1,086,532		0.19%		2,989,060		0.52%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
Â		Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
											Â
		TOTAL:		5,974,340		1.04%		3,998,584		0.69%

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:	Â
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	Â

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(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant	Â	Purchase/sale	Â	Number of	Â	Price per unit
security		Â		securities		Â
ORD		Purchase		242		3.4370 GBP
ORD		Purchase		944		3.4255 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,094		3.4260 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,094		3.4645 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,533		3.4235 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,767		3.4250 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,929		3.4640 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,954		3.4210 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,188		3.4550 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,271		3.4310 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,310		3.4284 GBP
ORD		Purchase		3,825		3.4357 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,272		3.4300 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,405		3.4303 GBP
ORD		Purchase		5,907		3.4295 GBP
ORD		Purchase		6,121		3.4305 GBP
ORD		Purchase		7,774		3.3439 GBP
ORD		Purchase		9,015		3.4290 GBP
ORD		Purchase		10,528		3.4353 GBP
ORD		Purchase		11,386		3.4282 GBP
ORD		Purchase		13,774		3.4285 GBP
ORD		Purchase		24,888		3.4346 GBP
ORD		Purchase		26,974		3.4280 GBP
ORD		Purchase		41,497		3.4051 GBP
ORD		Purchase		43,598		3.4270 GBP
ORD		Purchase		44,056		3.3819 GBP
ORD		Purchase		49,091		3.4275 GBP
ORD		Purchase		73,988		3.4343 GBP
ORD		Purchase		75,761		3.3470 GBP
ORD		Purchase		105,841		3.4317 GBP
ORD		Purchase		150,917		3.4335 GBP
ORD		Purchase		154,671		3.3774 GBP
ORD		Purchase		157,566		3.4000 GBP
ORD		Purchase		177,292		3.4283 GBP
ORD		Purchase		177,414		3.4225 GBP
ORD		Purchase		227,788		3.4308 GBP
ORD		Purchase		299,614		3.4307 GBP
ORD		Purchase		329,271		3.4372 GBP
ORD		Sale		251		3.4580 GBP
ORD		Sale		944		3.4255 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,094		3.4260 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,094		3.4645 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,533		3.4235 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,767		3.4250 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,929		3.4640 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,954		3.4210 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,271		3.4310 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,621		3.4466 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,648		3.4630 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,561		3.4357 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,272		3.4300 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,907		3.4295 GBP
ORD		Sale		6,121		3.4305 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,343		3.4377 GBP
ORD		Sale		8,401		3.4161 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,015		3.4290 GBP
ORD		Sale		9,200		3.4268 GBP
ORD		Sale		10,415		3.4263 GBP
ORD		Sale		10,440		3.3443 GBP
ORD		Sale		13,774		3.4285 GBP
ORD		Sale		14,400		3.3435 GBP
ORD		Sale		21,417		3.4142 GBP
ORD		Sale		25,379		3.3442 GBP
ORD		Sale		26,974		3.4280 GBP
ORD		Sale		43,138		3.4369 GBP
ORD		Sale		43,598		3.4270 GBP
ORD		Sale		44,644		3.4380 GBP
ORD		Sale		47,802		3.4274 GBP
ORD		Sale		49,091		3.4275 GBP
ORD		Sale		64,934		3.4292 GBP
ORD		Sale		247,614		3.4269 GBP
ORD		Sale		260,000		3.4337 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of	Â	Product	Â	Nature of dealing	Â	Number of	Â	Price per
relevant		description				reference		unit
security		Â		Â		securities		Â
ORD		CFD		Long		1,078		3.4491 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		2,621		3.4466 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		2,648		3.4627 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		3,023		3.4639 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		5,875		3.4589 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		13,799		3.4304 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		16,161		3.4506 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		43,388		3.4306 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Long		60,541		3.4334 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		505,892		3.4257 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		1,107		3.4259 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,700		3.4323 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		3,825		3.4357 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		5,823		3.4193 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		11,643		3.4653 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		12,853		3.4277 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		9,835		3.4400 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		25,000		3.4545 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		25,108		3.4341 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		32,687		3.4324 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		42,826		3.4280 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		50,913		3.4394 GBP
ORD		SWAP		Short		259,609		TRANSFER

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Â

Number of securities to which option relates

Â

Exercise price per unit

Â

Type e.g. American, European etc.

Â

Expiry date

Â

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

Â

Product description e.g. call option

Â

Number of securities

Â

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Â

Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Â

Details

Â

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(b), 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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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?	Â	NO
Date of disclosure:		7 Aug 2014
Contact name:		Rajesh Muthanna
Telephone number:		020 3555 4634

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.