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RNS Number : 4368Q BNP Paribas London 17 December 2024
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: BNP Paribas SA
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a
trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this Britvic plc
form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(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: 16/12/2024
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable
date prior to the disclosure
(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?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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: GB00B0N8QD54 (20p ordinary)
Interests Short Positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 13,946,113 5.60 -2,601,759 -1.05
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 2,856 .00 -13,639,744 -5.48
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 13,948,969 5.60 -16,241,503 -6.53
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
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 9 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 10 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 11 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 13 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 13 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 44 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 45 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 45 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 52 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 56 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 66 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 70 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 77 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 79 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 109 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 116 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 125 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 151 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 155 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 200 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 217 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 218 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 221 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 233 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 242 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 243 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 252 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 275 12.9000 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 336 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 365 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 412 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 413 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 416 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 417 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 429 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 436 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 438 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 446 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 467 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 471 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 471 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 624 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 646 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 669 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 782 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 799 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 800 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 888 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 936 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 944 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 973 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 984 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,000 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,000 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,000 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,000 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,074 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,141 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,254 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,457 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,606 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,608 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,618 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,725 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 1,812 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 2,000 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 2,199 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 2,240 12.9000 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 2,564 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 2,716 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 2,758 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 2,886 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 3,065 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 3,205 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 3,448 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 3,918 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 4,053 12.9000 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 4,334 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 4,898 12.9000 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 6,000 12.9000 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 6,109 12.9000 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 6,236 12.9000 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 6,258 12.9000 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 9,046 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 9,493 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 9,791 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 10,045 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 10,208 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 10,419 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 13,931 12.9000 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 15,222 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 15,222 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 15,222 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 15,824 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 20,533 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Purchase 58,139 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -107,824 12.9075 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -53,911 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -37,135 12.9075 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -34,859 12.9075 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -20,182 12.9075 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -18,567 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -17,432 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -15,824 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -10,090 12.9200 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -7,204 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -1,105 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -695 12.9400 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -257 12.9100 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Sale -45 12.9100 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description e.g. opening/closing a references unit
security e.g. CFD long/short position securities
increasing/reducing a
long/short position
GB00B0N8QD54 Contract for Difference Opening Long Position 11 12.9300 GBP
GB00B0N8QD54 Contract for Difference Opening Short Position -11 12.9400 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
of description purchasing, of price e.g. date money
relevant e.g. call selling, securities per unit American paid/
security option varying etc. to which European received
option etc. per unit
relates
(ii) Exercise
Class of Product Exercising/ Number of Exercise price
relevant description exercised securities per unit
security e.g. call option against
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if
security e.g. subscription, conversion applicable)
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) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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: 17/12/2024
Contact Name Compliance Control Room
Telephone Number: 0207 595 9695
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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk)
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