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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 Fleming Capital Securities, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Garda World Security Corporation)
principal trader is connected
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 30 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: 21,387,974 1.38% 9,801,011 0.63%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
8,646,890 0.56% 20,231,577 1.30%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(4)
TOTAL: 30,034,864 1.94% 30,032,588 1.94%
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 506,145 16.0375 DKK 15.92 DKK
25p ordinary Purchase 4,051,136 2.0040 GBP 1.9151 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 33,198 15.9734 DKK 15.9291 DKK
25p ordinary Sale 2,900,474 2.0043 GBP 1.9033 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 25 1.9314 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 38 1.9382 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 45 1.9373 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 45 1.9718 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 164 1.9598 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 220 1.9413 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 267 1.9707 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 296 1.9713 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 302 1.9607 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 454 1.9637 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 472 1.9720 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 534 1.9615 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 618 1.9627 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 636 15.6086 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 818 1.9647 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 1,100 2.0042 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 1,703 1.9595 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 2,809 1.9944 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 3,800 2.0032 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 4,841 15.9556 DKK
25p ordinary CFD Long 5,058 1.9105 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 5,397 1.9970 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 6,348 1.9417 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 8,029 15.9837 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 8,219 1.9513 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 8,308 1.9614 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 8,639 1.9793 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 10,440 1.9721 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 11,403 1.9946 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 12,765 1.9648 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 15,418 15.9860 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 16,360 1.9874 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 17,328 1.9660 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 27,248 1.9885 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 28,936 1.9744 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 48,447 1.9612 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 50,337 1.9807 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 50,721 2.0017 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 54,212 1.9850 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 62,256 2.0029 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 68,444 1.9860 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 85,000 1.9584 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 90,332 1.9729 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 236,621 1.9561 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 496,622 1.9608 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 575,000 15.5925 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Short 133 1.9862 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 1,905 1.9931 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 3,457 2.0060 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 3,609 16.0259 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Short 11,944 1.9887 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 13,779 1.9635 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 15,256 1.9781 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 46,758 1.9852 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 55,296 1.9850 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 60,524 1.9898 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 64,829 1.9968 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 65,869 1.9860 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 67,463 2.0000 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 146,323 2.0031 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 232,947 1.9750 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 290,043 1.9653 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 335,377 1.9714 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 361,108 1.9819 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 498,262 15.9952 DKK
25p ordinary CFD Short 575,000 1.9144 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 802,077 1.9758 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: 1 Oct 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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