Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - IWG PLC

Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - IWG 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)   Name of exempt principal trader:   BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose IWG PLC
  relevant securities this form relates:  
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt Terra Firma Investments Limited
  principal trader is connected  
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 28 June 2018
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal NO:
  trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?  

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

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.

(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: 14,429,336 1.58% 5,311,475 0.58%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
3,872,151 0.42% 13,477,165 1.48%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 18,301,487 2.01% 18,788,640 2.06%

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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

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.

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

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant   Purchase/sale   Total number of   Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit
security   securities paid/received paid/received
1p ordinary Purchase 1,057,694 3.1286 GBP 3.1033 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 945,351 3.1518 GBP 3.1077 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
1p ordinary SWAP Long 100 3.1105 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 2,211 3.1190 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Long 4,900 3.1195 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Long 5,695 3.1137 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 6,162 3.1263 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Long 8,174 3.1266 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Long 9,078 3.1186 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 19,253 3.1207 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Long 25,844 3.1066 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 51,466 3.1206 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 74,352 3.1211 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 921 3.1054 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 2,182 3.1189 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 3,229 3.1113 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Short 6,162 3.1214 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 7,253 3.1087 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 7,608 3.1129 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Short 8,742 3.1134 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 13,335 3.1262 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 14,607 3.1159 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 29,000 3.1142 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Short 52,359 3.1280 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Short 69,266 3.1216 GBP

(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 exempt principal trader 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 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?   NO
Date of disclosure: 29 Jun 2018
Contact name: Femi Badmos
Telephone number: 020 3555 1125

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

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