REG - Jefferies Int Ltd. De La Rue PLC - Form 8.3 - De La Rue plc

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RNS Number : 3198F  Jefferies International Limited.  16 April 2025

FORM 8.3

 

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:                                                      Jefferies International Limited
 (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 form   De La Rue plc
 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:                                       15(th) April 2025

      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
 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

                                                                                N/A
      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:                                          44 152/175p ordinary

                                                                      Interests          Short positions

                                                                      Number     %       Number     %
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                     4,415,745  2.248
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                        0          0.000   4,314,787  2.197

 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to
 purchase/sell:
 TOTAL:                                                               4,415,745  2.248   4,314,787  2.197

 

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 security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit (GBX)

 44 152/175p ordinary        Purchases      10,388                127.0000

                                             1,000,000            127.0635

                                             7,092                127.2500

                                             1,900,000            127.5000

                                             204,842              128.6285

                                             372,440              128.9726

                                             1,700,000            129.0000

                                             200,000              131.0000

                                             500,000              131.0400

                                             750,000              131.0655

                                             29,994               131.3489

                                             479,452              131.5000

                                             53,403               131.6350

                                             81,826               131.6500

                                             20,000               131.7500

                             Sales           10,388               127.0000

                                             607,092              127.6246

                                             1,270,825            128.0000

                                             862,086              129.0000

                                             439,120              129.0645

                                             250,000              129.1032

                                             2,888                129.5000

                                             153,494              130.0000

                                             132,062              130.5000

                                             150,000              131.0000

                                             14,706               131.5000

                                             500,000              131.8422

 

 

 

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short                                   (GBX)
                                                  position
 44 152/175p ordinary        Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    1,000,000                       127.0635

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    19,264                          128.6285

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    10,277                          128.6285

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    30,309                          128.6285

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    87,752                          128.6285

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    57,240                          128.6285

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    35,026                          128.9688

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    18,685                          128.9688

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    55,109                          128.9688

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    159,547                         128.9688

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    104,073                         128.9688

                             Swap                 Reducing a short position                                                      11,464                          128.9900

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    500,000                         131.0400

                             Swap                 Increasing a short position                                                    750,000                         131.0655

 

 

(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 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)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives

 

 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:  16(th) April 2025
 Contact name:        Robin Greenwood
 Telephone number     020 7029 8595

 

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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