FORM 8.3 - CABLE & WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

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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 CABLE & WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
  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: 09 February 2016
(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? LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC

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: 64,739,895 1.48% 6,964,285 0.16%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,516,461 0.06% 62,428,991 1.43%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 67,256,356 1.54% 69,393,276 1.59%

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 1,201 0.6307 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,206 0.6321 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,222 0.6342 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,414 0.6300 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,741 0.6360 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,853 0.6370 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,304 0.6397 GBP
ORD Purchase 9,707 0.6347 GBP
ORD Purchase 17,543 0.6315 GBP
ORD Purchase 43,891 0.6324 GBP
ORD Purchase 54,126 0.6325 GBP
ORD Purchase 118,535 0.6351 GBP
ORD Purchase 142,427 0.6294 GBP
ORD Purchase 305,895 0.6355 GBP
ORD Purchase 415,977 0.6319 GBP
ORD Purchase 416,134 0.6341 GBP
ORD Sale 221 0.6300 GBP
ORD Sale 940 0.6325 GBP
ORD Sale 1,201 0.6307 GBP
ORD Sale 3,034 0.6356 GBP
ORD Sale 3,206 0.6321 GBP
ORD Sale 4,222 0.6342 GBP
ORD Sale 4,618 0.6315 GBP
ORD Sale 4,741 0.6360 GBP
ORD Sale 4,853 0.6370 GBP
ORD Sale 5,895 0.6355 GBP
ORD Sale 6,304 0.6397 GBP
ORD Sale 7,327 0.6306 GBP
ORD Sale 26,243 0.6375 GBP
ORD Sale 35,517 0.6328 GBP
ORD Sale 45,687 0.6351 GBP
ORD Sale 70,448 0.6381 GBP
ORD Sale 83,748 0.6343 GBP
ORD Sale 88,286 0.6280 GBP
ORD Sale 166,560 0.6286 GBP
ORD Sale 319,068 0.6347 GBP
ORD Sale 352,481 0.6352 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 700 0.6341 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 7,822 0.6373 GBP
ORD CFD Long 18,131 0.6299 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 26,243 0.6375 GBP
ORD CFD Long 117,700 0.6335 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 588,158 0.6357 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 218 0.6370 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 24,635 0.6296 GBP
ORD CFD Short 28,604 0.6353 GBP
ORD CFD Short 84,699 0.6292 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 187,095 0.6301 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 300,000 0.6355 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 593,506 0.6347 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: 10 Feb 2016
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: 509658
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20160210T122515+0000

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC