22 Jan 2015 08:12
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: | Quilter Cheviot 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 relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Greene King Plc 12.5p ordinary ISIN: GB00B0HZP136 |
(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 | 20/1/2015 (In addition Quilter Cheviot Ltd has dealt on previous dates during the offer period as attached at the end of this form) |
(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" | NO If YES, specify which: |
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:
| 12.5p ordinary | |||
| Interests | Short positions | ||
Number | % | Number | % | |
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 2,282,278 | 1.042 | ||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | ||||
TOTAL: | 2,282,278 | 1.042 | ||
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 security | Purchase/sale
| Number of securities | Price per unit |
Ord 12.5p | Purchase
| 495 | 803.88 |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security | 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 |
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(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 |
(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 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" |
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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 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" |
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(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO |
| Date of disclosure: | 22 January 2015 |
| Contact name: | Rebecca Davison/Stuart Everitt |
| Telephone number: | 0207 150 4612/4727 |
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.
Transaction date | Class of relevant security | Purc /sale
| Number of securities | Price per unit | Interest number | Interest % |
03.12.2014 | Ord Shares | B B B S | 8,000 98,250 300 1,395 | 763.875 765.1 763.32 759.164
| 2268187
| 1.036
|
04.12.2014 | Ord Shares | S S S | 900 900 1,200 | 758.9 760.001 758.827 | 2265187 | 1.034 |
05.12.2014 | Ord Shares | S | 2,310 | 757.007 | 2262877 | 1.033 |
08.12.2014 | Ord Shares | S S S
| 8,380 400 915 | 740.5 745.074 743.665 | 2253182 | 1.029 |
09.12.2014 | Ord Shares | S B S B B | 480 2,000 500 2,690 300 | 732.348 729.689 729.6392 731.453 737.2387 | 2257192 | 1.031 |
11.12.2014 | Ord Shares | B B B B | 1,000 5,200 115 340 | 734.217 733 733.44 731.94 | 2263847 | 1.034 |
12.12.2014 | Ord Shares | B B B B B B B | 1,000 3,400 120 220 330 250 180 | 726.47 726.5 726.98 725.48 725.97 728.47 725.95 | 2269347
| 1.036
|
15.12.2014 | Ord Shares | B B B B B | 7,000 2,750 120 95 280 | 725.389 717.99 721.95 726.95 720.98 | 2279592 | 1.041 |
16.12.2014 | Ord Shares | B S B B B | 1,400 1,400 695 180 210 | 713.939 713.2 718.43 714.93 723.93 | 2280677 | 1.041 |
17.12.2014 | Ord Shares | B B B S | 1,250 1,000 1,000 35 | 731.937 728.41 730.426 727.83 | 2283892 | 1.043 |
19.12.2014 | Ord Shares | S S B B
| 1,000 1,250 390 145 | 741.5 741.5 745.2612 740.97 | 2282177 | 1.042 |
22.12.2014 | Ord Shares | S | 860 | 739.50 | 2281317 | 1.042 |
23.12.2014 | Ord Shares | B B B | 275 165 195 | 740.00003 740.88 742.95 | 2281952 | 1.042 |
24.12.2014 | Ord Shares | S B | 1,000 600 | 754.5 749.91 | 2281552 | 1.042 |
30.12.2014 | Ord Shares | B B B B | 2,500 6,500 35 65 | 742 742 744.44 742.97
| 2290652 | 1.046 |
31.12.2014 | Ord Shares | B S | 1,471 220 | 742 739.54 | 2291903 | 1.047 |
05.01.2015 | Ord Shares | S | 695 | 736.1272 | 2291208 | 1.046 |
06.01.2015 | Ord Shares | S | 410 | 731.04 | 2290798 | 1.046 |
07.01.2015 | Ord Shares | B | 190 | 741.98 | 2290988 | 1.046 |
09.01.2015 | Ord Shares | S B | 3,500 267 | 762.5 762.96 | 2287755 | 1.045 |
12.01.2015 | Ord Shares | B B S B | 180 1,135 332 265 | 766.97 768.2422 769.25 767.47 | 2289003 | 1.045 |
13.01.2015 | Ord Shares | S S B B | 575 680 510 375 | 772.698 722.698 769.6963 780.98 | 2288633 | 1.045 |
15.01.2015 | Ord Shares | B B | 1,000 290 | 777.85 777.45 | 2289923 | 1.046 |
16.01.2015 | Ord Shares | S S | 1,275 300 | 779.68 779.63 | 2288348 | 1.045 |
19.01.2015 | Ord Shares | B S S S S | 285 650 1,200 3,400 1,600 | 785.82 784.3364 784.5774 787 789.18 | 2281783 | 1.042 |