21st Sep 2012 16:30
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: | Barclays PLC. | |
| (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 | TITAN INTL INC | |
| (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: | 20 September 2012 | |
| (f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | YES: TITAN EUROPE PLC
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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 | ||||||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | ||||||||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||||
| (1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
| and/or controlled: | 604,919 | 1.43% | 24,867 | 0.06% | |||||||
| (2) | Derivatives (other than | ||||||||||
| options): | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| (3) | Options and agreements to | ||||||||||
| purchase/sell: | 32,500 | 0.08% | 50,100 | 0.12% | |||||||
| (4) | TOTAL: | ||||||||||
| 637,419 | 1.51% | 74,967 | 0.18% | ||||||||
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 | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
| security | securities | ||||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4 | 19.1600 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 18.7400 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 18.7900 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 18.7960 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 18.8000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 18.8300 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 18.9950 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 18.9925 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 18.9975 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 336 | 18.8342 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 400 | 18.8270 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 488 | 19.0000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 921 | 18.7689 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 953 | 18.9942 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,200 | 18.7912 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,400 | 18.9964 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,700 | 18.8119 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,800 | 18.7716 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,900 | 18.8008 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,900 | 18.8310 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,100 | 18.9810 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,120 | 18.8207 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,300 | 18.7919 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,500 | 18.7911 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,700 | 18.7784 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 3,816 | 18.8157 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 5,700 | 18.7697 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,809 | 18.8320 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,200 | 18.7852 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 8,200 | 18.7891 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 17,700 | 18.8250 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 18 | 18.7900 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 22 | 18.8200 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 36 | 18.7700 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 86 | 18.7927 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 18.6500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 18.8000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 18.8300 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 18.9950 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 18.8250 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 18.7400 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 18.8237 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 18.8270 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 451 | 18.8133 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 600 | 18.8533 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 700 | 18.8371 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 900 | 18.8644 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,100 | 18.8218 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,100 | 18.8436 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,200 | 18.7912 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,300 | 18.8083 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,400 | 18.8285 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,900 | 18.8008 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 5,341 | 18.9902 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 15,172 | 18.8078 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 16,400 | 18.7852 USD |
(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 |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(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 | |||||||||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchasing | 100 | 20 USD | American | Saturday, October 20, 2012 | 0.4500 USD | ||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchasing | 100 | 22.5 USD | American | Saturday, January 19, 2013 | 0.6500 USD | ||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Selling | 100 | 25 USD | American | Saturday, October 20, 2012 | 0.1000 USD | ||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Selling | 1,100 | 20 USD | American | Saturday, January 19, 2013 | 1.6500 USD | ||||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Selling | 3,300 | 20 USD | American | Saturday, January 19, 2013 | 2.6500 USD | ||||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Selling | 3,400 | 20 USD | American | Saturday, January 19, 2013 | 2.7000 USD | ||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Selling | 6,800 | 17.5 USD | American | Saturday, October 20, 2012 | 1.9000 USD | ||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Selling | 11,100 | 20 USD | American | Saturday, January 19, 2013 | 1.6000 USD |
(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 |
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | YES | |
| Date of disclosure: | 21 Sep 2012 | |
| Contact name: | Geoff Smith | |
| Telephone number: | 020 7116 2913 |
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 OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
| Identity of person whose open positions are being disclosed: | Barclays PLC. | |
| Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates: | TITAN INTL INC |
2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | |||||||
| of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | ||||||||
| relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | ||||||||||
| security | varying etc | to which | |||||||||||
| option | |||||||||||||
| relates | |||||||||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | 1,000 | 12.5000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | 2,000 | 12.5000 | American | 19 Jan 2013 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | 100 | 12.5000 | American | 20 Apr 2013 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | 8,100 | 17.5000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | 3,300 | 20.0000 | American | 22 Sep 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | 200 | 20.0000 | American | 19 Jan 2013 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | 900 | 20.0000 | American | 20 Apr 2013 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | 500 | 25.0000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Purchased | 1,200 | 35.0000 | American | 19 Jan 2013 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Written | -1,000 | 20.0000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Put Options | Written | -3,600 | 22.5000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 4,100 | 20.0000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 7,100 | 22.5000 | American | 22 Sep 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 3,000 | 22.5000 | American | 19 Jan 2013 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 1,000 | 25.0000 | American | 22 Sep 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -400 | 15.0000 | American | 19 Jan 2013 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -4,100 | 17.5000 | American | 22 Sep 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -13,400 | 17.5000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -3,600 | 20.0000 | American | 22 Sep 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -12,200 | 20.0000 | American | 19 Jan 2013 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -800 | 22.5000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -100 | 25.0000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -5,400 | 25.0000 | American | 19 Jan 2013 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -2,200 | 30.0000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -3,300 | 35.0000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 |
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: |
It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to contracts for differences ("CFDs") or spread bets.
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 dealing 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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