Form 8.3 - RWS HOLDINGS PLC - AMENDMENT

LONDON--()-- 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to Sales

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 RWS HOLDINGS 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:

02 November 2020

(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? SDL 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: 1p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled:

490,343

0.18%

1,760,355

0.64%

 

 

 

 

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

1,685,600

0.61%

228,973

0.08%

 

 

 

 

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

2,175,943

0.79%

1,989,328

0.72%

 

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

1p ordinary

Purchase

8

5.6800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

118

5.4800 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

132

5.6970 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

156

5.6197 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

807

5.4850 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

919

5.5000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,040

5.4880 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

15,127

5.5681 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

35,309

5.5487 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

152

5.6894 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

245

5.5374 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

736

5.4855 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

871

5.4975 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

919

5.5000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,187

5.4800 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,691

5.4841 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,891

5.5422 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

39,824

5.5504 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per

relevant

description reference unit

security

securities

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

19

5.5307 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

24

5.5369 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

31

5.5355 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

152

5.6894 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

155

5.4797 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

171

5.5385 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

268

5.5041 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

448

5.4997 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

588

5.5350 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Long

800

5.6250 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

807

5.5055 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

1,187

5.4800 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Long

6,351

5.5238 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

54

5.4800 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

761

5.4876 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

3,413

5.6848 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

5,161

5.4804 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

5,746

5.5899 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”

 

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”

 

None

 

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure:

5 Nov 2020

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

Category Code: RET
Sequence Number: 719217
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20201105T065857+0000

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC