19th Jan 2011 17:34
FORM 8 (OPD)
SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER
Consistent with Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") as the parties have agreed will apply to the Offer
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Identity of the party to the offer making the disclosure: | HENDERSON GROUP 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 party to the offer | HENDERSON GROUP PLC |
(d) Is the party to the offer making the disclosure the offeror or the offeree? | OFFEROR |
(e) Date position held: | 18 JANUARY 2011 |
(f) Has the party previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | Yes - previous disclosure has been made in respect of the party's and its directors' holdings in Gartmore Group Limited and Henderson Group plc shares and disclosure is also being made today re. interests held by its remaining concert parties in Gartmore Group Limited shares
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1. POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (AS AGREED BETWEEN THE PARTIES) OTHER THAN DIRECTORS OF THE OFFEROR, WHOSE POSITIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCLOSED
Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure (as agreed between the parties), other than the offeror's directors, whose positions have already been disclosed: |
UBS Securities LLC holds a long position over 28,800 relevant securities (representing
UBS Securities Australia Limited holds (through depositary receipts) a long position over 1,100,258 relevant securities (representing 0.13% of the issued share capital of the offeror) and a short position over 1,296,704 relevant securities (representing 0.16% of the issued share capital of the offeror).
Greenwood Nominees Limited, as trustee for the following employee share trusts, holds a total of 46,518,432 relevant securities representing 5.58% of the issued share capital of the offeror, divided as follows:
1. Henderson Employee Share Ownership Trust - 82,917 2. Henderson Employee Trust 2000 - 19,125,651 3. HHG plc Employee Trust 2004 - 373,079 4. Henderson Group plc Employee Trust 2009 - 12,129,575 5. Henderson Employee Trust 2009 - 14,807,210
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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 3 for each additional class of relevant security.
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).
Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).
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 party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it: 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 party to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, 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
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(c) Attachments
Are any Supplemental Forms attached?
Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) | NO |
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL) | NO |
| Date of disclosure: | 19 January 2011 |
| Contact name: | Matthew Purkis, Deputy Company Secretary |
Telephone number: | 020 7818 2959
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Public disclosures consistent with the requirements of Rule 8 of the Code should be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
Related Shares:
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