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REG-Jackson Square Partners LLC: 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) Full name of discloser:              Jackson Square Partners,  
                                         LLC, acting as investment 
                                         adviser to various client 
                                         accounts holding interests
                                         subject to this notice.   
                                                                   
(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  Liberty Global Plc        
to whose relevant 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           March 28, 2016            
undertaken:                                                        
     For an opening position disclosure,                           
state the latest practicable date prior                            
to the disclosure                                                  
                                                                   
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c)   NO                        
above, is the discloser making                                     
disclosures in respect of any other                                
party to the offer?                                                
         If it is a cash offer or                                  
possible cash offer, state "N/A"                                   

 1. 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                       Class A Ordinary             
security:                                                            
                                                                     
                                 Interests         Short positions   
                                                                     
                               Number     %          Number     %    
                                                                     
(1) Relevant securities      2,951,577    1.17%                      
owned and/or controlled:                                             
                                                                     
(2) Cash-settled                                                     
derivatives:                                                         
                                                                     
(3) Stock-settled                                                    
derivatives (including                                               
options) and agreements to                                           
purchase/sell:                                                       
                                                                     
                             2,951,577     1.17                      
     TOTAL:                                                          

   

Class of relevant                       Class C Ordinary             
security:                                                            
                                                                     
                                 Interests         Short positions   
                                                                     
                               Number     %          Number     %    
                                                                     
(1) Relevant securities      8,406,270    1.45%                      
owned and/or controlled:                                             
                                                                     
(2) Cash-settled                                                     
derivatives:                                                         
                                                                     
(3) Stock-settled                                                    
derivatives (including                                               
options) and agreements to                                           
purchase/sell:                                                       
                                                                     
                             8,406,270     1.45                      
     TOTAL:                                                          

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).

 a. 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      Purchase/sale      Number of      Price per unit 
    relevant                         securities                    
    security                                                       
                                                                   
Class A          Sale             9,001            $36.9567        
                                                                   
Class C          Sale             22,288           $36.0741        
                                                                   

 a. Cash-settled derivative transactions

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

 a. Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 i. Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

 i. Exercise

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

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

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

 a. 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:               March 29, 2016                   
                                                                   
Contact name:                     Thomas Reinholm                  
                                                                   
Telephone number:                 +1 415 635 0228                  

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 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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