9 Sep 2015 14:25
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 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 | RSA INSURANCE GROUP 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 | 8 September 2015 | |
| (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 |
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: | ORD | ||||||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||||
| (1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
| and/or controlled: | 9,038,928 | 0.89% | 4,134,019 | 0.41% | |||||||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||||||
| 2,450,820 | 0.24% | 1,759,129 | 0.17% | ||||||||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 1,745,000 | 0.17% | |||||||
| (4) | |||||||||||
| TOTAL: | 11,489,748 | 1.13% | 7,638,148 | 0.75% |
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 | ||||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 36 | 5.0820 GBP | ||||||
| ADR | Purchase | 274 | 7.7700 USD | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 377 | 5.0834 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 503 | 5.0484 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 608 | 5.0800 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 728 | 5.0550 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 860 | 5.0950 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,023 | 5.0844 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,136 | 5.0825 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,324 | 5.0575 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,370 | 5.0625 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,437 | 5.0568 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,833 | 5.0866 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,069 | 5.0882 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,757 | 5.0900 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,279 | 5.0875 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,447 | 5.0850 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,218 | 5.0675 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 11,872 | 5.0562 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 14,949 | 5.0925 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 16,950 | 5.0813 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 19,141 | 5.0697 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 30,571 | 5.0729 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 54,875 | 5.0450 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 80,441 | 5.0886 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,556,642 | 5.0474 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 36 | 5.0820 GBP | ||||||
| ADR | Sale | 274 | 7.7700 USD | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 491 | 5.0849 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 608 | 5.0800 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 860 | 5.0950 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 5.0700 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,162 | 5.0575 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,185 | 5.0625 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,136 | 5.0825 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,292 | 5.0677 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,722 | 5.0697 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,317 | 5.0692 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,757 | 5.0900 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,279 | 5.0875 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,955 | 5.0582 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 9,447 | 5.0850 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,232 | 5.0873 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,687 | 5.0788 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 11,822 | 5.0834 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 12,795 | 5.0883 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 14,949 | 5.0925 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 19,392 | 5.0866 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 25,465 | 5.0643 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 30,948 | 5.0730 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 33,260 | 5.0656 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 34,197 | 5.0606 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 254,776 | 5.0500 GBP | ||||||
| ORD | Sale | 3,584,218 | 5.0450 GBP | ||||||
| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | ||||||||
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||||
| relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
| security | securities | ||||||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 10,773 | 5.0795 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 11,687 | 5.0788 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Long | 9,380 | 5.0743 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Long | 3,545,638 | 5.0450 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 274 | 5.0603 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 476 | 5.0929 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 503 | 5.0484 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 2,437 | 5.0568 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 2,521 | 5.0515 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 2,700 | 5.0900 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 8,697 | 5.0721 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 11,600 | 5.0554 GBP | |||||
| ORD | CFD | Short | 19,141 | 5.0697 GBP | |||||
| ORD | SWAP | Short | 23,425 | 5.0828 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 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 |
(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) |
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” |
(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” |
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES |
| Date of disclosure: | 9 September 2015 | |
| Contact name: | RAJESH MUTHANNA | |
| Telephone number: | 020 3555 4634 |
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.
| SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS) | |||||||||||||
| DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO | |||||||||||||
| PURCHASE OR SELL ETC. | |||||||||||||
| Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") | |||||||||||||
| 1. | KEY INFORMATION | ||||||||||||
| Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed: | Barclays PLC. | ||||||||||||
| Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this from relates: | RSA INSURANCE GROUP PLC | ||||||||||||
| 2. | OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES | ||||||||||||
| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | |||||||
| of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | ||||||||
| relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | ||||||||||
| security | varying etc | to which | |||||||||||
| option | |||||||||||||
| relates | |||||||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 84,000 | 5.4570 | European | 17 Sep 2015 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -1,720,000 | 540.0000 | American | 17 Jun 2016 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -25,000 | 560.0000 | American | 17 Jun 2016 | |||||||
| 3. | AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC. | ||||||||||||
| Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully | |||||||||||||
| understood: | |||||||||||||
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