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Form 8.3 - Liberty Global plc

24th Dec 2015 11:02

RNS Number : 1876K

D E Shaw & Co LP

24 December 2015

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 positions/dealings are being disclosed:	D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.
(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 to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Liberty Global Plc
(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:	December 23, 2015
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	Yes: Cable & Wireless Communications Plc

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:	USD 0.01 Class A ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	2,229,275	0.88	246,148	0.10
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	640,000	0.25
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:			18,100	0.01
TOTAL:	2,869,275	1.14	264,248	0.10

Class of relevant security:	USD 0.01 Class C ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	8,507,513	1.46	3,499	0.00
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	640,000	0.11
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:	34,600	0.01	18,100	0.00
TOTAL:	9,182,113	1.57	21,599	0.00

Class of relevant security:	USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	205,805	1.63	55,425	0.44
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	32,000	0.25
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:			905	0.01
TOTAL:	237,805	1.88	56,330	0.45

Class of relevant security:	USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	319,118	1.04	138,724	0.45
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	32,000	0.10
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:			905	0.00
TOTAL:	351,118	1.14	139,629	0.45

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:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

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
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	100	USD 38.960
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	100	USD 39.000
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	1,050	USD 39.020
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	100	USD 39.030
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	100	USD 39.050
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	1,000	USD 39.060
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	200	USD 39.065
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	1,410	USD 39.070
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	700	USD 39.080
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	700	USD 39.090
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	418	USD 39.100
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	569	USD 39.120
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	2,928	USD 39.130
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	1,390	USD 39.140
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	4,335	USD 39.150
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	972	USD 39.160
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	3,727	USD 39.170
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	1,269	USD 39.180
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	3,537	USD 39.190
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	200	USD 39.195
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	2,253	USD 39.200
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	4,688	USD 39.210
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	740	USD 39.220
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	547	USD 39.230
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	1,000	USD 39.240
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	1,464	USD 39.250
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	200	USD 39.255
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	5,340	USD 39.260
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	494	USD 39.270
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	1,010	USD 39.280
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	100	USD 39.285
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	1,476	USD 39.290
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	2,348	USD 39.300
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	1,200	USD 39.305
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	140	USD 39.310
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	226	USD 39.320
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	47	USD 39.330
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	100	USD 39.340
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	40	USD 39.350
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Purchase	40	USD 39.360
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 38.960
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	400	USD 39.000
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 39.010
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 39.030
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 39.050
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	500	USD 39.190
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 39.200
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 39.210
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	400	USD 39.230
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	200	USD 39.240
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	400	USD 39.250
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	129	USD 39.255
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	400	USD 39.260
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 39.280
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 39.290
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Sale	200	USD 39.300
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	100	USD 37.590
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	719	USD 37.620
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	2,000	USD 37.630
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	500	USD 37.635
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	3,621	USD 37.640
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	400	USD 37.650
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	200	USD 37.655
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	405	USD 37.660
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	300	USD 37.670
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	200	USD 37.700
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	77	USD 37.710
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	730	USD 37.780
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	333	USD 37.790
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	1,810	USD 37.800
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	10,449	USD 37.810
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	5,123	USD 37.820
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	7,480	USD 37.830
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	7,043	USD 37.840
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	6,186	USD 37.850
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	4,366	USD 37.860
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	5,153	USD 37.870
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	5,914	USD 37.880
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	6,459	USD 37.890
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	6,188	USD 37.900
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	5,000	USD 37.910
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	400	USD 37.915
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	600	USD 37.920
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	902	USD 37.930
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	1,200	USD 37.940
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	930	USD 37.950
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	1,700	USD 37.960
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	1,600	USD 37.970
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	300	USD 37.975
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	2,055	USD 37.980
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	300	USD 37.990
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	1,400	USD 38.000
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	300	USD 38.010
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	300	USD 38.015
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Purchase	1,200	USD 38.020
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	300	USD 37.630
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	500	USD 37.640
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 37.650
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 37.660
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 37.730
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	200	USD 37.790
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	200	USD 37.800
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	600	USD 37.810
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	1,100	USD 37.820
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	632	USD 37.830
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	700	USD 37.840
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	670	USD 37.850
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	1,300	USD 37.860
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 37.865
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	900	USD 37.870
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	900	USD 37.880
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	800	USD 37.890
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	600	USD 37.900
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	500	USD 37.910
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	400	USD 37.920
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	300	USD 37.930
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	300	USD 37.940
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	500	USD 37.950
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	200	USD 37.970
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	300	USD 38.000
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 38.020
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Purchase	200	USD 40.310
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Purchase	100	USD 40.360
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Purchase	300	USD 40.450
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Purchase	100	USD 40.740
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	193	USD 40.180
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	72	USD 40.300
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	271	USD 40.310
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 40.320
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	1	USD 40.350
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 40.450
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 40.460
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 40.490
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 40.600
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 40.610
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	200	USD 40.620
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 40.760
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	100	USD 40.780
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Sale	400	USD 40.800
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Purchase	810	USD 41.730
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Purchase	500	USD 42.100
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Purchase	1,400	USD 42.280
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	600	USD 41.680
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	300	USD 41.740
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 41.860
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	200	USD 41.870
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	200	USD 41.890
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	150	USD 42.000
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.020
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	300	USD 42.030
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.040
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.070
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.080
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	200	USD 42.090
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.160
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.190
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.220
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	152	USD 42.230
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.250
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	80	USD 42.260
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.270
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	80	USD 42.300
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.370
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	80	USD 42.390
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.400
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	100	USD 42.430
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Sale	200	USD 42.450

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

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

(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) Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

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)

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"

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

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

Date of disclosure:	December 24, 2015
Contact name:	Kevin Krist (Compliance Department)
Telephone number:	+44 (0) 20 7409 4420

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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

Full name of person making disclosure:	D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:	Liberty Global Plc

2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which option or derivative relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	4,000	USD 60	American	20160115
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	8,700	USD 65	American	20160115
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	5,100	USD 67.5	American	20160115
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	100	USD 75	American	20160115
USD 0.01 Class A ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	200	USD 80	American	20160115
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	4,000	USD 60	American	20160115
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	8,700	USD 65	American	20160115
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	5,100	USD 67.5	American	20160115
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	100	USD 75	American	20160115
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	200	USD 80	American	20160115
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	200	USD 60	American	20160115
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	435	USD 65	American	20160115
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	255	USD 67.5	American	20160115
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	5	USD 75	American	20160115
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class A ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	10	USD 80	American	20160115
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	200	USD 60	American	20160115
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	435	USD 65	American	20160115
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	255	USD 67.5	American	20160115
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	5	USD 75	American	20160115
USD 0.01 LiLAC Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Purchased	10	USD 80	American	20160115
USD 0.01 Class C ordinary	Listed Put option	Written	34,600	USD 45	American	20160715

3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

None.

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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