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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: 02 October 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: 22,499,980 1.45% 8,949,324 0.58%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
7,940,662 0.51% 21,489,559 1.38%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 30,440,642 1.96% 30,438,883 1.96%
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 387,160 16.5814 DKK 16.5452 DKK
25p ordinary Purchase 1,747,664 2.0400 GBP 2.0105 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 101,987 16.6050 DKK 16.35 DKK
25p ordinary Sale 2,201,370 2.0400 GBP 2.0105 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 10 2.0230 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 29 2.0265 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 32 2.0264 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 74 2.0267 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 144 2.0147 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 153 2.0127 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 285 2.0382 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 382 2.0226 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 396 2.0279 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 524 2.0249 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 546 2.0244 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 583 16.4755 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 702 2.0215 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 735 2.0225 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 792 2.0221 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 800 2.0294 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 881 2.0139 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 1,058 2.0255 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 1,301 2.0142 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 2,796 2.0344 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 2,855 2.0383 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 3,103 2.0191 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 3,651 2.0260 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 4,181 2.0239 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 4,482 16.3542 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 4,488 2.0361 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 4,618 16.5986 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 4,884 2.0219 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 5,988 2.0192 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 6,335 16.5912 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 7,397 2.0220 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 7,546 2.0400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 7,842 16.5907 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 8,980 2.0240 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 10,261 2.0211 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 16,807 2.0227 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 17,535 2.0212 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 18,143 2.0222 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 18,467 2.0203 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 24,708 2.0207 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 25,018 2.0358 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 26,496 2.0266 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 29,559 2.0191 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 32,368 2.0381 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 32,936 2.0110 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 33,544 2.0275 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 37,379 2.0365 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 39,973 2.0210 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 40,205 2.0360 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 54,435 2.0399 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 104,679 2.0241 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 205,525 2.0359 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 231,408 2.0297 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 267,194 2.0210 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 337,787 2.0178 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 676,000 16.6200 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Short 100 2.0200 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 1,917 2.0076 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 3,289 2.0110 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 3,334 2.0214 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 3,651 2.0260 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 3,946 2.0264 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 6,899 16.5734 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Short 14,903 2.0174 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 16,938 2.0248 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 31,492 2.0110 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 35,362 2.0235 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 45,391 2.0257 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 47,967 2.0222 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 59,711 2.0237 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 63,904 2.0239 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 102,463 2.0236 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 108,321 2.0259 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 225,562 2.0250 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 302,134 16.5817 DKK
25p ordinary CFD Short 434,399 2.0237 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 676,000 2.0378 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: 5 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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