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RNS Number : 1220G
Wellington Management Group LLP
27 February 2018 
 
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:                                                                                                                                                                                                   Wellington Management Group 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. 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 relates:Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree                                                                                           GKN PLC                                                                                                                                                
 (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:For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure                                                                                       26 February 2018                                                                                                                                       
 (f)                  In addition to the company in 1(c) 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"                                        YESMelrose Industries PLC                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 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    Common Stock (GB0030646508)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 security:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                      Interests                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Short Positions                                                                                                                                        
                      Number                                                                                                                                                                                                                    %                                                                                                        Number                                        %                                                           
 (1)                  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                                                                                                                                                              23,672,377                                                                                               1.38%                                                                                                                  
 (2)                  Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 (3)                  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                      Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                     23,672,377*                                                                                              1.38%                                                                                                                  
 *Wellington                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Management Group LLP                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 does not have                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 discretion regarding                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 voting decisions in                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 respect of 15,207,200                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 shares that are                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 included in the total                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 above.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 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 securities                                                                                     Price per unit                                                         
 security                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 Common Stock         Purchase                                                                                                                                                                                                                  852                                                                                                      4.2900 GBP                                                             
 (GB0030646508)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 (b)                  Cash-settled derivative transactions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Class of relevant    Product description e.g. CFD                                                                                                                                                                                              Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position  Number of reference securities                Price per unit                                              
 security                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 (c)                  Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)                                                                                                                                                                 
                      
 (i)                  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying                                                                                                                                                                                   
                      
 Class of relevant    Product description e.g. call option                                                                                                                                                                                      Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.                                                               Number of securities to which option relates  Exercise price per unit  Type e.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  
 security                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 (ii)                 Exercise                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Class of relevant    Product description e.g. call option                                                                                                                                                                                      Exercising/ exercised against                                                                            Number of securities                          Exercise price per unit                                     
 security                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 (d)                  Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Class of relevant    Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion                                                                                                                                                                           Details                                                                                                  Price per unit (if applicable)                                         
 security                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 
 
 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  27 February 2018                                                               
 Contact name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Meredith Smart                                                                 
 Telephone number                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    44-20-7126-6311                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 
 
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. 
 
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
 
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