FORM 8.3 - RWS HOLDINGS PLC

LONDON--()-- 

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 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:

04 November 2020

(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

NO:

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

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:

1,853,994

0.67%

196,480

0.07%

 

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

126,928

0.05%

1,493,087

0.54%

 

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 
 
TOTAL:

1,980,922

0.72%

1,689,567

0.61%

 

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

1p ordinary

Purchase

1

6.7000 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18

1,047.8016 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

82

6.0500 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

151

5.4932 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

360

5.4743 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

372

5.4425 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

476

5.3972 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

662

5.4426 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,154

6.1401 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,348

5.4725 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,397

6.1900 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,452

5.3906 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,525

5.6373 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,719

5.4559 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,938

5.3910 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,963

5.4383 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,192

5.4385 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,719

5.4681 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,278

6.1946 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,617

5.4839 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,772

6.2550 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

23,525

6.1994 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

43,516

5.3895 GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

134,748

5.4220 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2

6.7000 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9

5.9511 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

127

5.5193 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

493

5.3956 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

755

5.5080 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

776

5.9690 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

807

5.5039 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,286

6.1903 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,525

5.6376 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,719

5.4561 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,963

5.4386 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,240

6.0861 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,753

5.9866 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,932

5.4196 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,024

5.6390 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,121

5.5240 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,259

5.4917 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,209

6.0343 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

1p ordinary

CFD

Long

61

5.8795 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

72

5.6700 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Long

776

5.9690 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

991

5.9664 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

1,287

5.9734 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

1,651

5.9850 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

7,667

6.0156 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

10,362

6.0704 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Long

16,377

TRANSFER

1p ordinary

SWAP

Long

123,477

TRANSFER

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

91

5.6701 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

180

6.2000 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

3,615

6.2350 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

8,550

6.1904 GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

12,243

6.1941 GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Short

408,125

TRANSFER

1p ordinary

SWAP

Short

2,606,191

TRANSFER

(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: 719227
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20201105T102455+0000

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC