Form 8.3 - Britvic PLC

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) Identity of the person whose Harris Associates L.P. positions/dealings are being disclosed: (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation BRITVIC to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/ offeree (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/ offeree: (e) Date position held/dealing 21 December 2012 undertaken: (f) Has the discloser previously NO disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this 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 relevant security: Common Stock (GB00B0N8QD54) Interests Short Positions Number % Number % (1) Relevant securities owned 6,607,879 shares 2.73 % and/or controlled: (2) Derivatives (other than options): (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: Total 6,607,879 shares 2.73 % (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 (a) Purchases and sales Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit security securities Common Stock Sale 379,200 shares 6.4690 GBP (GB00B0N8QD54) (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Class of relevant Product Nature of dealing Number of Price security description e.g. e.g. opening/ reference per unit CFD closing a long/ securities short position, increasing/ reducing a long/ short position (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type e.g. Expiry Option relevant description purchasing, securities price American, date money security e.g. call selling, to which per unit European paid/

option varying option etc. received etc. relates per unit (ii) Exercising Class of relevant Product description Number of Exercise price security e.g. call option securities per unit (d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit security e.g. subscription, (if conversion 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 bean inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person makingthe 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"

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 NO attached? Date of disclosure 24 December 2012 Contact name Sarah E. Grimm Telephone number 312-621-0628

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a RegulatoryInformation Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [email protected]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is availablefor 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.