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FORM 8.3 – MARSTON'S PLC
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: Barclays PLC.
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose MARSTON'S PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(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: 08 February 2021
(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?
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: 7.375p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 4,651,281 0.73% 9,056,355 1.43%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
5,658,603 0.89% 1,236,213 0.19%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 10,309,884 1.63% 10,292,568 1.62%
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
7.375p ordinary Purchase 1,087 1.0027 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 3,834 0.9962 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 7,723 1.0081 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 8,417 0.9944 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 18,677 0.9936 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 18,942 0.9951 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 21,556 0.9950 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 23,654 0.9973 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 38,063 0.9923 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 55,417 0.9940 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 56,241 0.9935 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 89,278 0.9957 GBP
7.375p ordinary Purchase 522,983 1.0000 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 30 0.9930 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 434 0.9953 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 4,034 0.9973 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 4,426 0.9960 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 5,021 0.9895 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 11,153 0.9955 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 16,335 0.9983 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 29,141 0.9991 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 33,996 0.9962 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 65,733 0.9940 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 67,071 0.9984 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 172,452 0.9945 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 236,768 0.9935 GBP
7.375p ordinary Sale 522,973 1.0000 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
7.375p ordinary SWAP Long 591 0.9948 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Long 852 0.9940 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Long 3,652 0.9911 GBP
7.375p ordinary CFD Long 7,451 0.9968 GBP
7.375p ordinary CFD Long 26,156 0.9913 GBP
7.375p ordinary CFD Long 29,141 0.9991 GBP
7.375p ordinary CFD Long 33,996 0.9962 GBP
7.375p ordinary CFD Long 38,990 0.9939 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Long 44,467 0.9946 GBP
7.375p ordinary CFD Long 67,071 0.9984 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Long 123,533 0.9934 GBP
7.375p ordinary CFD Long 172,452 0.9945 GBP
7.375p ordinary CFD Long 522,973 1.0000 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 9 1.0070 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 20 1.0042 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 79 0.9945 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 89 1.0068 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 96 0.9943 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 164 1.0087 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 199 0.9954 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 466 1.0005 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 592 1.0043 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 658 0.9923 GBP
7.375p ordinary CFD Short 1,681 0.9876 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 1,796 0.9935 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 2,768 1.0069 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 3,348 0.9934 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 4,702 1.0088 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 8,345 0.9944 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 8,804 0.9946 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 12,608 0.9952 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 13,375 0.9936 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 18,942 0.9951 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 22,735 0.9940 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 24,688 0.9939 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 30,895 0.9933 GBP
7.375p ordinary SWAP Short 87,597 0.9959 GBP
7.375p ordinary CFD Short 522,983 1.0000 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 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: 9 Feb 2021
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.
*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
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