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: Man Group Plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 
N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
 
BCA Marketplace plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 
01st October 2019
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
 
YES / NO / N/A
If YES, specify which:

 

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:

 

ORD GBP 0.01
 

 

Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:   –  0   –  0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

  11,091,402.00 1.4141 –  813.00 -0.0001
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:   –  0   –  0
 

  TOTAL:

  11,091,402.00 1.4141 –   813.00 -0.0001

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 security Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities Price per unit

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security Product description
e.g. CFD
Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Number of reference securities Price per unit
(GBP)
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 100 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 100 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 29 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 29 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 148 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 148 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 33 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 33 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 27 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 27 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 59 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 59 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 12 2.3580
ORD GBP 0.01 CFD Reducing a short position 12 2.3580

(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? YES/NO
Date of disclosure: 02nd October 2019
Contact name: Abdi Musse
Telephone number: 02071443164

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 [email protected].  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.

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