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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: 03 November 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: 25,610,050 1.65% 4,283,955 0.28%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
3,395,164 0.22% 24,634,161 1.59%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 29,005,214 1.87% 28,918,116 1.86%
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 57,747 17.5802 DKK 17.55 DKK
25p ordinary Purchase 2,214,337 2.1400 GBP 2.1 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 47,226 17.6040 DKK 17.5955 DKK
25p ordinary Sale 1,479,963 2.1400 GBP 2.1099 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 77 2.1199 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 82 2.1369 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 109 2.1246 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 134 2.1268 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 146 2.1207 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 214 2.1336 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 243 2.1250 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 248 2.1164 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 249 2.1182 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 393 2.1287 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 456 2.1190 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 799 17.5484 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 1,128 2.1338 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 1,569 2.1353 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 1,742 2.1288 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 2,713 17.6184 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Long 2,723 2.1266 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 3,097 2.1249 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 3,548 2.1397 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 3,793 2.1346 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 5,005 2.1214 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 5,473 2.1270 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 5,609 2.1150 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 6,113 2.1337 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 8,135 2.1339 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 8,778 2.1149 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 9,362 2.1247 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 11,419 2.1208 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 13,837 2.1340 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 40,003 2.1189 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 40,531 2.1331 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 60,070 2.1302 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 69,593 2.1099 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Long 96,457 2.1247 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 125,011 2.1269 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Long 258,014 2.1259 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 11 17.5500 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Short 959 2.1101 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 3,724 2.1138 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 10,000 2.1271 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 14,022 17.5332 DKK
25p ordinary SWAP Short 21,634 2.1225 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 90,857 2.1100 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Short 97,345 2.1101 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 201,374 2.1191 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 479,947 2.1179 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Short 569,492 2.1175 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: 4 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.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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