15 Sep 2020 14:56
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RI”) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)
1. KEY INFORMATION
| (a) | Name of exempt principal trader: | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD |
| (b) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | G4S PLC |
| relevant securities this form relates: | ||
| (c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | Garda World Security Corporation |
| principal trader is connected | ||
| (d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 14 September 2020 |
| (e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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(b), 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: | 25p ordinary | ||||
| Interests | Short Positions | ||||
Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||
(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: | 27,008,464 | 1.74% | 19,524,178 | 1.26% | |
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(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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18,517,223 | 1.19% | 25,962,560 | 1.67% | ||
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(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |
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| TOTAL: | 45,525,687 | 2.93% | 45,486,738 | 2.93% | |
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: |
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), 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 | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit |
| security |
| securities | paid/received | paid/received |
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 5,426,249 | 1.8288 GBP | 1.4505 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | Purchase | 8,848,379 | 14.6524 DKK | 13.4606 DKK |
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 66,247 | 14.6269 DKK | 11.9124 DKK |
| 25p ordinary | Sale | 13,528,927 | 1.8245 GBP | 1.4504 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per |
| relevant | description |
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| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 6 | 1.8084 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 9 | 1.4600 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 51 | 1.8111 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 84 | 1.8112 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 96 | 1.4480 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 151 | 1.7745 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 349 | 1.7820 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 420 | 1.6935 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 462 | 1.8140 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 480 | 1.7659 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 536 | 1.6936 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 622 | 1.4537 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 678 | 1.6868 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 683 | 1.6866 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 869 | 14.5838 DKK |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 905 | 1.8209 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,103 | 1.6934 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,125 | 1.6862 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,324 | 1.7969 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,342 | 1.8098 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,481 | 1.7988 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,814 | 1.8234 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 1,878 | 1.8213 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 2,093 | 1.4485 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 2,098 | 1.8146 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 2,161 | 1.8099 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 2,528 | 1.4527 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 3,383 | 11.9124 DKK |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 3,816 | 1.6937 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 4,162 | 1.4582 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 4,303 | 14.5993 DKK |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 7,118 | 1.6863 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 7,603 | 14.6684 DKK |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 8,525 | 14.5500 DKK |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 10,778 | 1.8243 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 13,589 | 1.4678 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 17,108 | 1.7871 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 20,136 | 1.8198 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 22,304 | 1.5492 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 22,382 | 1.7822 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 25,000 | 1.8100 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 26,014 | 1.7538 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 29,463 | 1.7252 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 52,365 | 1.8236 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 78,477 | 1.8118 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 187,554 | 1.8203 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 253,513 | 1.8162 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Long | 839,178 | 1.7734 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 909,000 | 14.6725 DKK |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 1,000,000 | 14.5750 DKK |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 2,297,346 | 1.8245 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 2,552,371 | 1.8124 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Long | 6,249,642 | 1.7991 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 566 | 1.7845 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 2,182 | 1.8086 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Short | 2,281 | 1.8189 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 3,723 | 1.8034 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 4,267 | 1.7538 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Short | 7,600 | 1.8156 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Short | 8,399 | 1.6008 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 8,974 | 1.4573 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 10,447 | 1.8101 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 10,481 | 1.7841 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 15,000 | 1.7883 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 17,930 | 1.7803 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 20,000 | 1.8046 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 20,000 | 1.8164 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 20,000 | 1.8223 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 20,000 | 1.8236 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 34,279 | 1.7869 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 40,000 | 1.7938 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 59,116 | 1.7918 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 62,295 | 1.7899 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 197,500 | 1.7759 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 226,070 | 1.8168 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 245,090 | 1.7936 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 284,328 | 1.7877 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 434,398 | 1.8191 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Short | 451,762 | 1.8198 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 538,306 | 1.8213 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 550,347 | 1.8288 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Short | 610,607 | 1.8196 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | SWAP | Short | 719,040 | 1.8063 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Short | 909,000 | 1.8242 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Short | 1,000,000 | 1.8121 GBP |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Short | 2,912,644 | 14.3648 DKK |
| 25p ordinary | CFD | Short | 5,886,872 | 14.6042 DKK |
(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 e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
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(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
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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 exempt principal trader 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” |
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader 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
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(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO |
| Date of disclosure: | 15 Sep 2020 |
| 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.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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