FORM 8.3 - MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC
BARCLAYS PLC
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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) | Â | Full name of discloser: | Â | Barclays PLC. | |
 |  |  | |||
(b) | Owner or controller of interest and short | ||||
 | positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): |  | |||
(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | |||
 | relevant securities this form relates: |  | |||
(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: | 16 January 2018 | |||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: | |||
 | disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | GKN PLC |
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: | Â | Â | Â | 48/7p ordinary | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 22,139,673 | 1.14% | 43,413,510 | 2.24% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
40,658,078 | 2.09% | 7,388,313 | 0.38% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
 | |||||||||||
TOTAL: | 62,797,751 | 3.23% | 50,801,823 | 2.62% |
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: | Â |
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: | Â |
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 | Â | Purchase/sale | Â | Number of | Â | Price per unit | |
security | Â | securities | Â | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 614 | 2.3242 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 675 | 2.3375 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 741 | 2.3385 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,125 | 2.3240 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,256 | 2.3458 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,350 | 2.3390 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,443 | 2.2980 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,956 | 2.3222 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 4,511 | 2.3318 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 12,110 | 2.3462 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 13,016 | 2.3196 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 13,159 | 2.3456 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 16,099 | 2.3371 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 16,892 | 2.3311 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 18,126 | 2.3300 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 19,945 | 2.3227 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 20,852 | 2.3410 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 21,782 | 2.3351 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 32,130 | 2.3359 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 55,869 | 2.3421 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 60,412 | 2.3235 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 75,275 | 2.3226 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 86,062 | 2.3213 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 107,217 | 2.3431 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 137,113 | 2.3345 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 138,430 | 2.3366 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 164,742 | 2.3387 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 193,209 | 2.3430 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 302,002 | 2.3363 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 405,055 | 2.3279 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 497,726 | 2.3335 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 236 | 2.3560 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 525 | 2.3480 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,443 | 2.2980 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 2,278 | 2.3216 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 2,568 | 2.3282 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 2,711 | 2.3334 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 2,923 | 2.3358 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 3,485 | 2.3424 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 4,200 | 2.3380 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 7,215 | 2.3070 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 8,651 | 2.3349 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 12,640 | 2.3315 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 19,074 | 2.3321 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 20,013 | 2.3217 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 20,352 | 2.3071 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 25,656 | 2.3240 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 30,453 | 2.3367 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 37,266 | 2.3430 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 59,855 | 2.3340 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 110,139 | 2.3387 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 121,274 | 2.3327 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 145,254 | 2.3415 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 186,436 | 2.3372 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 191,782 | 2.3294 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 263,564 | 2.3194 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 290,565 | 2.3330 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 375,000 | 2.3475 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 937,500 | 2.3247 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,064,746 | 2.3370 GBP | ||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 1,496,516 | 2.3160 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of | Â | Product | Â | Nature of dealing | Â | Number of | Â | Price per | |
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 2,302 | 2.3243 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 2,923 | 2.3358 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 3,485 | 2.3424 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 3,500 | 2.3427 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 4,200 | 2.3380 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 4,307 | 2.3294 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 8,651 | 2.3349 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 12,513 | 2.3281 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 19,074 | 2.3321 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 20,352 | 2.3071 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 29,556 | 2.3398 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 37,266 | 2.3430 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 59,855 | 2.3340 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 160,762 | 2.3334 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 160,762 | 2.3334 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP Expires 18/02/2019 | Long | 186,436 | 2.3371 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 205,676 | 2.3320 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP Expires 18/02/2019 | Long | 263,564 | 2.3194 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP Expires 18/02/2019 | Long | 4,012,500 | 2.3275 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 13 | 2.3300 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 48 | 2.3167 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 119 | 2.3372 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 234 | 2.3175 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 337 | 2.3195 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 598 | 2.3180 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 675 | 2.3375 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 719 | 2.3325 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 807 | 2.3266 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,256 | 2.3458 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,397 | 2.3322 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,868 | 2.3248 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,956 | 2.3222 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 2,347 | 2.3317 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 2,597 | 2.3242 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 2,597 | 2.3242 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 2,681 | 2.3369 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 3,557 | 2.3350 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 4,215 | 2.3153 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 4,215 | 2.3153 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 5,043 | 2.3162 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 5,248 | 2.3370 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 7,100 | 2.3349 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 7,731 | 2.3429 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 8,158 | 2.3373 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 9,393 | 2.3230 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 11,006 | 2.3353 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 12,093 | 2.3462 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 13,016 | 2.3196 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 13,037 | 2.3434 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 16,892 | 2.3311 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 20,105 | 2.3214 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 22,370 | 2.3212 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 23,910 | 2.3218 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 79,827 | 2.3387 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 84,125 | 2.3389 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 85,490 | 2.3226 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 85,490 | 2.3226 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 109,576 | 2.3313 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 121,594 | 2.3304 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 149,349 | 2.3469 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 157,147 | 2.3431 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 185,478 | 2.3430 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 185,478 | 2.3430 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 193,095 | 2.3289 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 199,122 | 2.3278 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 203,950 | 2.3281 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 302,002 | 2.3363 GBP |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(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. |
 | Expiry date |  | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â |
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†|
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? | Â | NO | |
Date of disclosure: | 17 Jan 2018 | ||
Contact name: | Jay Supaya | ||
Telephone number: | 020 7773 0635 |
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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