Form 8.3 - MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC

Form 8.3 - MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC

AQR Capital Management, LLC

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

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(a) Full name of discloser:		AQR Capital Management, LLC
(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.		Â
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree		MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:		Â
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure		12/01/2018
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”		Yes - GKN plc
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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)

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Class of relevant security:		48/7p ordinary
Â		Interests			Â	Short positions
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:		0		0.0000		0		0.0000
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:		0		0.0000		-18,995		-0.0010
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:		0		0.0000		0		0.0000
TOTAL:		0		0.0000		-18,995		-0.0010
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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)

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

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Class of relevant security		Purchase/sale		Number of securities		Price per unit
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

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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
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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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

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(ii) Exercise

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Class of relevant security		Product description e.g. call option		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of securities		Exercise price per unit
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

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Class of relevant security		Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion		Details		Price per unit (if applicable)
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4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

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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

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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

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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

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(c) Attachments

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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?		NO
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Date of disclosure:		14/01/2018
Contact name:		Kevinraj Bhatia
Telephone number:		203 742 6683
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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.

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