Form 8.3 - WM Morrison Supermarkets 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   WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS 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:     15 October 2021
(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: 10p ordinary  
 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned  

 

 

 

 

  and/or controlled:  

51,739,346

2.14%

2,553,456

0.11%

     

 

 

 

 

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:  

 

 

 

 

   

988,589

0.04%

30,180,157

1.25%

     

 

 

 

 

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options) 

 

 

 

 

  and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  TOTAL:  

52,727,935

2.18%

32,733,613

1.35%

     

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,169

2.8533 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,886

2.8550 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,000

2.8535 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,181

2.8536 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

21,574

2.8527 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

24,091

2.8543 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

56,412

2.8521 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

70,314

2.8538 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

89,991

2.8520 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

95,116

2.8522 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

120,448

2.8540 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

142,879

2.8528 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

202,446

2.8532 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

302,857

2.8544 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

500,000

2.8534 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

612,805

2.8530 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,150

2.8511 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,000

2.8535 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,898

2.8525 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,992

2.8527 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

7,942

2.8516 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

9,146

2.8526 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

9,345

2.8520 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

17,073

2.8500 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

17,131

2.8528 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

43,024

2.8530 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

55,795

2.8540 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

135,872

2.8534 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

151,643

2.8532 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

274,752

2.8522 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,658,559

2.8539 GBP

ADR

Purchase

55

19.7070 USD

ADR

Purchase

1,210

19.5576 USD

ADR

Sale

55

19.7070 USD

ADR

Sale

1,210

19.5576 USD

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of  

Product

 

Nature of dealing

 

Number of

Price per

relevant  

description

 

 

 

reference

unit

security  

 

 

 

 

securities

 

10p ordinary

 CFD 

Long

156

2.8532 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Long

1,410

2.8510 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD 

Long

6,050

2.8537 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Long

10,156

2.8529 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Long

54,721

2.8540 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Long

55,976

2.8534 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Long

75,136

2.8526 GBP

10p ordinary

 CFD 

Short

9,932

2.8540 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Short

12,306

2.8540 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Short

13,709

2.8539 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Short

34,971

2.8549 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Short

42,921

2.8521 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Short

52,422

2.8531 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Short

71,948

2.8520 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Short

95,116

2.8522 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Short

109,910

2.8544 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Short

232,438

2.8543 GBP

10p ordinary

 SWAP 

Short

500,000

2.8534 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: 18 Oct 2021      
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: 748753
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20211018T104428+0100

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC

Contacts

BARCLAYS PLC