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FORM 8.3 - RWS HOLDINGS 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 “Code”)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser: 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 RWS HOLDINGS 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: 04 November 2020
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making NO:
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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: 1p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,853,994 0.67% 196,480 0.07%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
126,928 0.05% 1,493,087 0.54%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 1,980,922 0.72% 1,689,567 0.61%
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 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 Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
1p ordinary Purchase 1 6.7000 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 18 1,047.8016 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 82 6.0500 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 151 5.4932 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 360 5.4743 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 372 5.4425 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 476 5.3972 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 662 5.4426 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,154 6.1401 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,348 5.4725 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,397 6.1900 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,452 5.3906 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,525 5.6373 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,719 5.4559 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,938 5.3910 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 1,963 5.4383 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,192 5.4385 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 2,719 5.4681 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 6,278 6.1946 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 7,617 5.4839 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 16,772 6.2550 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 23,525 6.1994 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 43,516 5.3895 GBP
1p ordinary Purchase 134,748 5.4220 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2 6.7000 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 9 5.9511 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 127 5.5193 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 493 5.3956 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 755 5.5080 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 776 5.9690 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 807 5.5039 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,286 6.1903 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,525 5.6376 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,719 5.4561 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 1,963 5.4386 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,240 6.0861 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,753 5.9866 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 2,932 5.4196 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 3,024 5.6390 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 5,121 5.5240 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 7,259 5.4917 GBP
1p ordinary Sale 17,209 6.0343 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
1p ordinary CFD Long 61 5.8795 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 72 5.6700 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Long 776 5.9690 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 991 5.9664 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 1,287 5.9734 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 1,651 5.9850 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 7,667 6.0156 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Long 10,362 6.0704 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Long 16,377 TRANSFER
1p ordinary SWAP Long 123,477 TRANSFER
1p ordinary SWAP Short 91 5.6701 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Short 180 6.2000 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 3,615 6.2350 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 8,550 6.1904 GBP
1p ordinary SWAP Short 12,243 6.1941 GBP
1p ordinary CFD Short 408,125 TRANSFER
1p ordinary SWAP Short 2,606,191 TRANSFER
(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 Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
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? NO
Date of disclosure: 5 Nov 2020
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s
Market Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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