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REG-Gruss Capital Management: Form 8.3 - Liberty Global Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">LBTYA.O</Origin>

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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being    Gruss Capital         
disclosed:                                                       Management LLP        
                                                                                       
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions                               
disclosed, if different from 1(a):                                                     
     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient                        
                                                                                       
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant        Liberty Global Plc    
securities this 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:                       20/01/2016            
                                                                                       
(f)  Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today   No                    
disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this If YES, specify which:
offer?                                                                                 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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:                                                             
0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary                                                             
                                                                                        
                                            Interests               Short positions     
                                                                                        
                                         Number           %          Number         %   
                                                                                        
(1) Relevant securities owned and/       254,049        2.01                            
or controlled:                                                                          
                                                                                        
(2) Derivatives (other than                                                             
options):                                                                               
                                                                                        
(3) Options and agreements to                                                           
purchase/sell:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                         254,049        2.01                            
     TOTAL:                                                                             

   

Class of relevant security:                                                             
0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary                                                             
                                                                                        
                                            Interests               Short positions     
                                                                                        
                                         Number           %          Number         %   
                                                                                        
(1) Relevant securities owned and/       121,066        0.39                            
or controlled:                                                                          
                                                                                        
(2) Derivatives (other than                                                             
options):                                                                               
                                                                                        
(3) Options and agreements to                                                           
purchase/sell:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                         121,066        0.39                            
     TOTAL:                                                                             

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to                                              
which subscription right exists:                                                       
                                                                                       
Details, including nature of the rights                                                
concerned and relevant percentages:                                                    

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.

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)        Purchases and sales

  Class of relevant       Purchase/sale     Number of securities     Price per unit    
      security                                                                         
                                                                                       
0.01 LiLAC Class A    Sale                  19,954                USD 34.4127          
ordinary                                                                               
0.01 LiLAC Class C    Sale                  35,948                USD 36.9345          
ordinary                                                                               

(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)

    Class of        Product         Nature of dealing       Number of    Price per unit
    relevant      description    e.g. opening/closing a     reference                  
    security        e.g. CFD      long/short position,      securities                 
                                  increasing/reducing a                                
                                   long/short position                                 
                                                                                       

(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of    Product      Writing,    Number of  Exercise    Type     Expiry    Option  
relevant  description   purchasing,  securities price per   e.g.      date      money  
security   e.g. call     selling,     to which    unit    American,             paid/  
             option    varying etc.    option             European            received 
                                      relates               etc.              per unit 
                                                                                       

(ii)        Exercising

  Class of relevant    Product description  Number of securities   Exercise price per  
      security          e.g. call option                                  unit         
                                                                                       

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 Class of relevant       Nature of dealing             Details        Price per unit (if
     security            e.g. subscription,                              applicable)    
                             conversion                                                 
                                                                                        

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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.

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:                                                                  
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:                         21st January 2016                          
                                                                                       
Contact name:                               Paul Lodge                                 
                                                                                       
Telephone number:                           +44 20 7518 9002                           

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at 
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is
available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing 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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