18th Sep 2012 16:02
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: | 17 Sept 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 |
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: | 457,122 | 1.08% | 21,607 | 0.05% | |||||||
| (2) | Derivatives (other than | ||||||||||
| options): | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||||||
| (3) | Options and agreements to | ||||||||||
| purchase/sell: | 43,000 | 0.10% | 22,000 | 0.05% | |||||||
| (4) | TOTAL: | ||||||||||
| 500,122 | 1.18% | 43,607 | 0.10% |
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 | 100 | 20.1800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 100 | 20.3993 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 20.2250 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 20.4000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 20.8050 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 200 | 21.0100 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 300 | 20.5300 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 300 | 20.9800 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 400 | 20.2375 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 400 | 21.0250 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 400 | 21.1100 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 441 | 20.2500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 500 | 20.9900 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 600 | 20.4333 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 600 | 21.0133 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 763 | 20.5461 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 782 | 20.7207 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 800 | 20.8695 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,021 | 20.6515 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,300 | 20.5084 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,300 | 20.9500 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,418 | 20.7426 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 1,600 | 20.5875 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,100 | 20.7488 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,148 | 20.6999 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,276 | 20.7343 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,350 | 20.8476 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,644 | 20.7346 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 2,700 | 20.8425 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,030 | 20.6342 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 4,283 | 20.5758 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 6,587 | 20.4721 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 7,000 | 20.5104 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 9,632 | 20.3675 USD | ||||
| ORD | Purchase | 12,800 | 20.3115 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 13 | 20.1900 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 20.2700 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 20.3400 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 100 | 20.5200 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 122 | 20.4251 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 20.2250 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 20.4450 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 200 | 21.0300 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 20.2933 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 20.4566 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 300 | 20.4633 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 346 | 20.2400 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 20.2375 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 20.6000 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 400 | 21.1100 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 457 | 20.5038 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 699 | 20.4689 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 700 | 20.2385 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 800 | 20.9132 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 898 | 20.2649 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 20.5890 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,021 | 20.6515 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,300 | 20.5084 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 1,774 | 20.2901 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,400 | 20.3408 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 2,602 | 20.3439 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 4,300 | 20.2396 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 6,000 | 20.2451 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 7,500 | 20.5031 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 10,376 | 20.8183 USD | ||||
| ORD | Sale | 26,942 | 20.6387 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 | Put Options | Purchasing | 400 | 20 USD | American | 22 September 2012 | 0.1000 USD | ||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchasing | 1,000 | 22.5 USD | American | 20 October 2012 | 0.4000 USD | ||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Selling | 500 | 22.5 USD | American | 20 October 2012 | 0.5000 USD | ||||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Selling | 600 | 25 USD | American | 20 October 2012 | 0.1000 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: | 18 Sept 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.
143221.01
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 | 8,900 | 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 | -3,600 | 22.5000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 2,400 | 20.0000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 7,100 | 22.5000 | American | 22 Sep 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 3,600 | 22.5000 | American | 20 Oct 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 2,900 | 22.5000 | American | 19 Jan 2013 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Purchased | 1,000 | 25.0000 | American | 22 Sep 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -4,100 | 17.5000 | American | 22 Sep 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -3,600 | 20.0000 | American | 22 Sep 2012 | |||||||
| ORD | Call Options | Written | -5,200 | 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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