Form 8.3 - PACE PLC

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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 interest and short
  positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

PACE PLC

  relevant securities this form relates:  
(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: 3 August 2015
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making YES:
  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? ARRIS GROUP INC

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: 9,728,888 3.04% 136,776 0.04%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
66,922 0.02% 8,228,579 2.57%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 9,795,810 3.06% 8,365,355 2.61%

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 569 3.6320 GBP
ORD Purchase 600 3.5746 GBP
ORD Purchase 600 3.5750 GBP
ORD Purchase 727 3.5729 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,554 3.5780 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,360 3.5810 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,534 3.5821 GBP
ORD Purchase 17,920 3.6171 GBP
ORD Purchase 50,084 3.6125 GBP
ORD Sale 324 3.6314 GBP
ORD Sale 573 3.6488 GBP
ORD Sale 1,200 3.5750 GBP
ORD Sale 4,012 3.6079 GBP
ORD Sale 5,506 3.6262 GBP
ORD Sale 6,554 3.6277 GBP
ORD Sale 7,242 3.6059 GBP
ORD Sale 17,510 3.6195 GBP
ORD Sale 23,537 3.6264 GBP
ORD Sale 25,903 3.6044 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
ORD CFD Long 1 3.5800 GBP
ORD CFD Long 3 3.5766 GBP
ORD CFD Long 40 3.5715 GBP
ORD CFD Long 40 3.5735 GBP
ORD CFD Long 120 3.5725 GBP
ORD CFD Long 250 3.5745 GBP
ORD CFD Long 260 3.5755 GBP
ORD CFD Long 295 3.5770 GBP
ORD CFD Long 324 3.6313 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 6,554 3.6277 GBP
ORD CFD Long 7,242 3.6059 GBP
ORD CFD Long 4,530 3.6239 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 22,580 3.6235 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 25,385 3.6013 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,137 3.5732 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,260 3.5963 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,477 3.5723 GBP
ORD CFD Short 5,534 3.5821 GBP
ORD CFD Short 3,693 3.6403 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 14,295 3.6122 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 27,048 3.6004 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?   NO
Date of disclosure: 4 Aug 2015
Contact name: Jay Supaya
Telephone number: 020 7773 0635

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.

Category Code: RET
Sequence Number: 477991
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20150804T131151+0100

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC