Form 8.3 - CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC

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FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED)

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)   Barclays PLC.
Company dealt in

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC

Class of relevant security to which the $0.01 common shares
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)  
Date of dealing 21 October 2014

2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:       ORD
Long   Short
    Number   (%) Number   (%)
(1) Relevant securities
605,763 1.29% 19,881 0.04%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
0 0.00% 12,457,308 26.52%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 82,500 0.18% 106,000 0.23%
           
TOTAL:
688,263 1.47% 12,583,189 26.79%
 
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond US170032AT34
Long Short
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
7,000 0.01% 0 0.00%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
TOTAL:
7,000 0.01% 0 0.00%

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Long   Short
    Number (%)   Number (%)

(1) Relevant securities

       

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

       

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

       

Total

       

3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale   Number of relevant securities   Price per unit
Sale 1,000 99.5630 USD
Purchase 100 12.9900 USD
Purchase 100 13.1300 USD
Purchase 100 13.2400 USD
Purchase 120 13.2300 USD
Purchase 200 12.9400 USD
Purchase 200 13.1225 USD
Purchase 299 12.9567 USD
Purchase 300 13.0200 USD
Purchase 300 13.0400 USD
Purchase 349 13.2027 USD
Purchase 371 12.9953 USD
Purchase 400 13.0350 USD
Purchase 400 13.1022 USD
Purchase 401 13.0421 USD
Purchase 450 13.0588 USD
Purchase 500 13.1480 USD
Purchase 600 12.9927 USD
Purchase 700 13.0100 USD
Purchase 757 13.0000 USD
Purchase 800 13.1006 USD
Purchase 900 13.0144 USD
Purchase 1,033 12.9897 USD
Purchase 1,211 12.9726 USD
Purchase 1,400 12.9742 USD
Purchase 1,500 13.0819 USD
Purchase 1,600 12.9672 USD
Purchase 1,700 13.0717 USD
Purchase 1,750 13.0270 USD
Purchase 1,800 13.1719 USD
Purchase 1,900 13.0443 USD
Purchase 2,100 13.0332 USD
Purchase 2,841 12.9898 USD
Purchase 3,700 13.0093 USD
Purchase 4,000 13.0250 USD
Purchase 6,600 13.1412 USD
Purchase 7,000 13.0672 USD
Purchase 14,800 12.9827 USD
Sale 100 13.2290 USD
Sale 200 12.9450 USD
Sale 200 12.9700 USD
Sale 200 12.9750 USD
Sale 200 13.1600 USD
Sale 300 13.0600 USD
Sale 400 12.9725 USD
Sale 500 13.1492 USD
Sale 600 13.0835 USD
Sale 900 12.9855 USD
Sale 911 12.9856 USD
Sale 1,200 12.9825 USD
Sale 1,600 12.9714 USD
Sale 1,800 13.0444 USD
Sale 2,500 13.0367 USD
Sale 2,900 12.9867 USD
Sale 3,000 12.9800 USD
Sale 3,100 12.9950 USD
Sale 4,500 12.9847 USD
Sale 5,345 12.9910 USD
Sale 14,000 13.0672 USD
Sale 15,800 13.0863 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

Product name, e.g. CFD  

Nature of transaction

 

(Note 6)

 

Number of relevant securities

 

(Note 7)

 

Price per unit

 

(Note 5)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name, e.g. call option   Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.   Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7)   Exercise price   Type, e.g. American, European etc. Expiry date   Option money paid/received per unit (Note 5)

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction

(Note 8)

  Details   Price per unit

(if applicable) (Note 5)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.  
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   YES
Date of disclosure: 22 Oct 2014
Contact name: Rajesh Muthanna
Telephone number: 020 3555 4634
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected  
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection  

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1 AND RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED)

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS

(This form should be attached to Form 8.1(a) & (b)(i), Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)

Product name   Written or   Number of   Exercise   Type   Expiry
purchased relevant securities price date
to which the option
or derivative
    relates      
Call Options Purchased 500 13.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 6,800 13.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Call Options Purchased 27,300 14.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 9,900 14.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Call Options Purchased 100 15.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Call Options Purchased 100 17.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Call Options Written -2,500 11.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Written -100,000 13.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Put Options Purchased -400 12.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Put Options Purchased -200 13.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -2,000 13.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Put Options Purchased -500 14.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -400 16.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Written 35,400 12.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Written 2,400 13.0000 American 15 May 2015

Notes

1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell must also be given on this form.

2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.

Category Code: RET
Sequence Number: 438004
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20141022T142812+0100

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC