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Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - G4S 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 G4S PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt Garda World Security Corporation
principal trader is connected
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 25 September 2020
(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: 25p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 20,716,371 1.34% 11,745,337 0.76%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
10,767,103 0.69% 19,662,254 1.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 31,483,474 2.03% 31,407,591 2.02%
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
25p ordinary Purchase 184,045 15.4452 DKK 15.31 DKK
25p ordinary Purchase 629,872 1.9000 GBP 1.8799 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 30,365 15.3478 DKK 15.28 DKK
25p ordinary Sale 1,191,463 1.8997 GBP 1.8723 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
25p ordinary SWAP Long 53 1.8909 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 131 1.8948 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 214 1.8954 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 218 1.8971 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 313 1.8933 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 364 1.8943 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 401 1.8976 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 1,612 1.8908 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 1,615 1.8974 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 1,760 1.8933 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 2,097 15.4401 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 3,526 1.8983 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 4,155 1.8913 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 4,828 1.8981 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 5,912 1.8942 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 6,410 1.8955 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 6,903 1.8878 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 7,193 1.8973 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 7,289 15.4033 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 7,886 1.8882 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 8,161 1.8964 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 15,979 15.3161 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 18,811 1.8883 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 19,022 1.8862 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 40,359 1.8944 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 43,844 1.8897 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 56,019 1.8910 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 61,077 1.8963 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 72,646 1.8945 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 79,582 1.8936 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 129,755 1.8935 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 168,844 1.8894 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 170,674 1.8925 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 700,000 15.3600 DKK
25p ordinary CFD Short 324 15.2713 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Short 538 15.4150 DKK
25p ordinary CFD Short 907 15.2163 DKK
25p ordinary CFD Short 3,825 1.8924 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 8,278 1.8833 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 18,452 1.8965 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 23,324 1.8889 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 25,194 1.8946 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 30,351 1.8890 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 39,377 1.8919 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 42,109 1.8947 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 62,058 1.8952 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 114,803 1.8935 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 177,276 15.4097 DKK
25p ordinary CFD Short 700,000 1.8895 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 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 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: 28 Sep 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.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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