Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC AMENDMENT
BARCLAYS PLC
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) AMENDMENT TO PURCHASES
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RIâ€) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) | Â | Name of exempt principal trader: | Â | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD | |
(b) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | MELROSE INDUSTRIES PLC | |||
 | relevant securities this form relates: |  | |||
(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | GKN PLC | |||
 | principal trader is connected |  | |||
(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 12 March 2018 | |||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | YES: | |||
 | trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | GKN PLC |
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: | Â | Â | Â | 48/7p ordinary | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 19,566,165 | 1.01% | 39,421,172 | 2.03% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
35,161,491 | 1.81% | 5,357,000 | 0.28% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(4) | |||||||||||
TOTAL: | 54,727,656 | 2.82% | 44,778,172 | 2.31% |
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 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 | Â | Purchase/sale | Â | Total number of | Â | Highest price per unit | Â | Lowest price per unit | |
security | Â | securities | paid/received | paid/received | |||||
48/7p ordinary | Purchase | 6,759,179 | 2.2457 GBP | 2.1349 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | Sale | 2,815,006 | 2.2097 GBP | 2.1308 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 | 300 | 2.1472 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,863 | 2.1741 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 2,794 | 2.1308 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 2,860 | 2.1588 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 15,000 | 2.2044 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 22,575 | 2.1712 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 23,446 | 2.1531 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 35,437 | 2.2444 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 68,531 | 2.1510 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 70,814 | 2.1643 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 92,634 | 2.1745 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 150,605 | 2.1706 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 186,364 | 2.1725 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 271,428 | 2.1593 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 349,087 | 2.1350 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 448,742 | 2.1628 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Long | 500,000 | 2.2097 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,000 | 2.1610 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 2,096 | 2.1514 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 4,220 | 2.1326 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 4,384 | 2.2256 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 12,922 | 2.1540 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 15,000 | 2.2462 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 15,504 | 2.1603 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 22,490 | 2.1337 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 25,000 | 2.2635 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 36,258 | 2.1367 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 38,638 | 2.1679 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 43,587 | 2.1351 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 43,590 | 2.1552 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 60,109 | 2.1510 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 62,177 | 2.1880 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 125,000 | 2.1755 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 176,134 | 2.1437 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 207,274 | 2.2276 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 212,201 | 2.1601 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 215,484 | 2.2121 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 246,980 | 2.2124 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 560,859 | 2.1432 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 1,016,532 | 2.1509 GBP | |||||
48/7p ordinary | CFD | Short | 1,204,681 | 2.1357 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 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? | Â | NO | |
Date of disclosure: | 21 Mar 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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