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Form 8.3 - THE RESTAURANT GROUP 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: Qube Research & Technologies 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 Restaurant Group plc, The
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: 22/11/2023
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 N/A
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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: 28.125p Ordinary Share
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 0 0 0 0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 10,461,831 1.36 0 0
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0 0 0
purchase/sell:
10,461,831 1.36 0 0
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).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other
employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: 0
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: 0
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
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 2315 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 6259 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 1473 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 2455 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 567 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 3772 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 5424 65
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 34 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 894 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 4854 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 13814 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 7081 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 5903 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 2455 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 3730 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 3343 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 2000 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 839 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 5244 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 3324 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 8476 65
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 3911 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 7860 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 4199 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 3669 65.4
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 7637 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 6054 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 2000 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 1472 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 692 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 431 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 693 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 3051 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 1671 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 124 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 4115 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 31 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 1466 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 8338 65
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 11 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 35822 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 2110 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 8289 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 4115 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 8447 65
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 31475 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 2038 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 11037 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 2455 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 57529 65
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 3963 65.5
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 900 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 8343 65
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 4115 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 7882 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 1650 65.4
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap increasing a long position 2183 65.2
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 4464 65.3
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 2246 65.6
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 233 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 1815 65
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 202 65.1
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 4230 65.3
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 390 65.3
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 1671 65.3
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 2469 65.6
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 307 65.3
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 1381 65.6
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 223 65
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 2598 65
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 6905 65.3
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 183 65
28.125p Ordinary Share Equity swap decreasing a long position 2328 65.3
(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
0 0 0 0
0
(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
0 0 0
0
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: 23/11/2023
Contact name: Stuart Brown
Telephone number: 00442070722969
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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