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NEX Group plc
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - NEX GROUP PLC
2nd November 2018, 13:43
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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RI”) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a)   Name of exempt principal trader:   BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose NEX GROUP PLC
  relevant securities this form relates:  
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt CME GROUP INC
  principal trader is connected  
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 01 November 2018
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal YES:
  trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? CME GROUP INC

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

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(b), 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:       17.5p ordinary            
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 33,035,067 8.66% 496,814 0.13%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
79,214 0.02% 31,739,360 8.32%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(4)
TOTAL: 33,114,281 8.68% 32,236,174 8.45%

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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), 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   Total number of   Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit
security   securities paid/received paid/received
17.5p ordinary Purchase 22,119,373 11.3700 GBP11.2863 GBP
17.5p ordinary Sale 5,145,010 11.3700 GBP11.27 GBP

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
17.5p ordinary SWAP Long 811 11.3112 GBP
17.5p ordinary SWAP Long 2,328 11.2900 GBP
17.5p ordinary SWAP Long 4,984 11.3053 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Long 6,410 11.2808 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Long 10,000 11.3240 GBP
17.5p ordinary SWAP Long 90,903 11.3231 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Long 694,528 11.2753 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Short 366 11.2909 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Short 1,515 11.3373 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Short 29,048 11.3488 GBP
17.5p ordinary SWAP Short 31,549 11.2919 GBP
17.5p ordinary SWAP Short 77,474 11.2904 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Short 100,000 11.3012 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Short 200,000 11.2862 GBP
17.5p ordinary SWAP Short 425,140 11.2902 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Short 500,000 11.3500 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Short 955,911 11.3319 GBP
17.5p ordinary SWAP Short 1,250,000 11.2901 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Short 2,928,901 11.2910 GBP
17.5p ordinary CFD Short 10,731,334 11.2911 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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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: 2 Nov 2018
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.

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

BARCLAYS PLC

Source: BARCLAYS PLC

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