Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP: Form 8.3 - G4S Plc
October 29 2020 - 10:11AM
Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP: Form 8.3 - G4S
Plc
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION
DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH
INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORERule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the
“Code”)
1. KEY
INFORMATION
(a)
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being
disclosed: |
Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP Boussard &
Gavaudan Asset Management LP acting on behalf of various funds |
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions
disclosed, if different from
1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient |
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant
securities this form
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree |
G4S Plc |
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree: |
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(e)
Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
28th October 2020 |
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they
today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to
this offer? |
No |
2.
POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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:
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GBP 25p ordinaryISIN: GB00B01FLG62 |
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Interests |
Short positions |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
(1)
Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: |
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(2)
Derivatives CFD (other than options):
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30,587,351 |
1.971% |
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(3)
Options and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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TOTAL: |
30,587,351 |
1.971% |
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All interests and all short positions should be
disclosed. Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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
executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which
subscription right exists: |
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned and
relevant percentages: |
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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.
3. DEALINGS
(IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and
sales
Class of relevant security |
Purchase/sale |
Number of securities |
Price per unit |
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(b) Derivatives
transactions (other than options)
Class of relevant security |
Product descriptione.g. CFD |
Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short
position, increasing/reducing a long/short position |
Number of reference securities |
Price per unitGBP |
GBP 25p ordinary |
CFD |
Increase a long position |
2,962 |
207.00 |
GBP 25p ordinary |
CFD |
Increase a long position |
8,338 |
205.50 |
(c) Options
transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security |
Product description e.g. call option |
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. |
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Number of securities to which option relates |
Exercise price per unit |
Typee.g. American, European etc. |
Expiry date |
Option money paid/ received per unit |
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(ii)
Exercising
Class of relevant security |
Product descriptione.g. call option |
Number of securities |
Exercise price per unit |
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(d) Other
dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security |
Nature of dealinge.g. subscription,
conversion |
Details |
Price per unit (if applicable) |
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The currency of all prices and other monetary
amounts should be stated.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.
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:If there are no such agreements, arrangements
or understandings, state “none” |
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(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” |
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(c)
Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached
? |
NO |
Date of disclosure: |
29th October 2020 |
Contact name: |
Deborah Gewinner |
Telephone number: |
+44 203 751 54 12 |
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
dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.