BARCLAYS PLC Form 8.3 - OPTOS PLC

 
TIDMOPTS 
 
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                                                                                                           OPTOS 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:                                                                                                                 8 May 2015 
(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 
(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                                                                                                                                                                    ORD 
relevant 
security: 
                                                                                                                                                                            Interests                                          Short Positions 
                                                                                                                                                                            Number                         (%)                 Number              (%) 
(1)                  Relevant securities owned 
                     and/or controlled:                                                                                                                                     885,091                        1.21%               5,349               0.01% 
(2)                  Cash-settled derivatives: 
                                                                                                                                                                            3,266                          0.00%               206,566             0.28% 
(3)                  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) 
                     and agreements to purchase/DEALING:                                                                                                                       0                              0.00%               0                   0.00% 
(4) 
                     TOTAL:                                                                                                                                                 888,357                        1.21%               211,915             0.29% 
(b)                  Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and  other executive 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 
(a)                  Purchases and sales 
Class of             Purchase/DEALING                                                                                                                                          Number of                      Price per unit 
relevant 
security                                                                                                                                                                    securities 
ORD                  Purchase                                                                                                                                               438                            3.3930 GBP 
ORD                  Purchase                                                                                                                                               1,228                          3.3975 GBP 
ORD                  Purchase                                                                                                                                               4,199                          3.3875 GBP 
ORD                  Purchase                                                                                                                                               19,132                         3.3959 GBP 
ORD                  Sale                                                                                                                                                   3,613                          3.4000 GBP 
(b)                  Cash-settled derivative transactions 
Class of             Product                                                                                                                                                Nature of dealing              Number of           Price per 
relevant             description                                                                                                                                                                           reference           unit 
security                                                                                                                                                                                                   securities 
ORD                  SWAP                                                                                                                                                   Long                           3,613               3.3996 GBP 
ORD                  CFD                                                                                                                                                    Short                          438                 3.3930 GBP 
ORD                  SWAP                                                                                                                                                   Short                          1,406               3.3853 GBP 
ORD                  CFD                                                                                                                                                    Short                          880                 3.3948 GBP 
ORD                  CFD                                                                                                                                                    Short                          1,913               3.3864 GBP 
(c)                  Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
(i)                  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
Class                Product                                                                                                                                                Writing,                       Number              Exercise            Type   Expiry  Option 
of                   description                                                                                                                                            purchasing,                    of                  price                      date    money 
relevant                                                                                                                                                                    selling,                       securities          per unit                           paid/ 
security                                                                                                                                                                    varying etc                    to which                                               received 
                                                                                                                                                                                                           option                                                 per unit 
                                                                                                                                                                                                           relates 
(ii)                 Exercising 
Class of             Product description                                                                                                                                    Exercising/ exercised against  Number of           Exercise price per 
relevant 
security                                                                                                                                                                                                   securities          unit 
(d)                  Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
Class of             Nature of Dealings                                                                                                                                     Details                        Price per unit (if 
relevant 
security                                                                                                                                                                                                   applicable) 
4.                   OTHER INFORMATION 
(a)                  Indemnity and other dealings 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: 
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 of 
future 
acquisition 
or disposal 
of 
any relevant 
securities to 
which any 
derivative 
is 
referenced: 
NONE 
(c)                  Attachments 
Is                   NO 
a 
Supplemental 
Form 8 (Open 
Positions) 
attached? 
Date                 11 May 2015 
of 
disclosure: 
Contact name:        Jay Supaya 
Telephone            [phone] 
number: 
 
 
 
 
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