2nd Oct 2008 12:28
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing (Note 1) |
INVESTEC PLC/INVESTEC LTD |
Company dealt in |
BHP BILLITON PLC |
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) |
0.5USD ORDINARY |
Date of dealing |
1 OCTOBER 2008 |
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)
Long |
Short |
|
Number (%) |
Number (%) |
|
(1) Relevant securities |
20,848,511 0.9447 |
189,474 0.0086 |
(2) Derivatives (other than options) |
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(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell |
2,693,500 0.1220 |
4,603,970 0.2086 |
Total |
23,542,011 1.0667 |
4,793,444 0.2172 |
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: |
Long |
Short |
Number (%) |
Number (%) |
|
(1) Relevant securities |
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(2) Derivatives (other than options) |
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(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell |
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Total |
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: |
Details |
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale |
Number of securities |
Price per unit (Note 5) |
Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Purchase Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale Sale |
10000 10000 10000 15000 5000 5000 15000 12655 27345 1894 12578 33615 5075 38031 3807 10000 10000 900 9100 10000 3900 16700 39607 39793 10407 40610 5109 13874 10000 5000 6325 28675 10000 13525 20000 18400 13075 2000 1080 1107 440000 10000 16164 7056 23780 5280 4720 600 4875 3500 3500 500 10000 528 2972 23800 200 200 47700 1000 200 3587 5000 11413 5000 10000 75000 10000 440000 2993 14857 8308 19868 351 1134 3619 2069 2500 2500 6256 244 32916 5280 200 6804 15000 19200 800 1230 14657 10000 8543 5570 200 10000 10000 6256 3087 200 200 457 3884 5989 1127 17442 367 18492 409 9102 12106 300 8292 200 5000 18290 20000 20000 10000 38673 375 952 24391 31173 500 106 800 7500 10486 100 10026 12646 1264 50 20000 17168 10843 146 100 300 1166 6000 500 25875 2700 9418 200 1807 |
1209p 1211p 1220p 1224p 1230p 1232p 1233p 1234p 1235p 1237p 1239p 1240p 1241p 1242p 1243p 1259p 1271p 1272p 1273p 1274p 1283p 1284p 1285p 1286p 1287p 1288p 1289p 1290p 1291p 1292p 1294p 1295p 1296p 1298p 1300p 1302p 1303p ZAR 178.50 ZAR 183.00 ZAR 184.90 ZAR 187.24 ZAR 188.58 ZAR 189.45 ZAR 189.50 ZAR 190.00 ZAR 190.23 ZAR 190.29 ZAR 190.30 ZAR 190.49 ZAR 190.50 ZAR 191.00 ZAR 191.10 ZAR 191.14 ZAR 191.45 ZAR 191.49 ZAR 191.50 ZAR 191.80 ZAR 191.85 ZAR 192.72 ZAR 193.00 ZAR 194.89 ZAR 195.41 ZAR 195.43 ZAR 195.50 1209p 1224p 1239p 1250p 1274.536p 1285p 1301p 1302p 1303p 1304p 1305p 1306p 1308p 1310p 1320p 1322p 1323p ZAR 178.50 ZAR 179.00 ZAR 179.80 ZAR 180.00 ZAR 181.00 ZAR 181.20 ZAR 181.21 ZAR 181.50 ZAR 181.65 ZAR 182.00 ZAR 182.70 ZAR 185.00 ZAR 185.46 ZAR 185.50 ZAR 186.40 ZAR 186.50 ZAR 186.76 ZAR 186.77 ZAR 186.82 ZAR 186.83 ZAR 187.00 ZAR 187.20 ZAR 188.25 ZAR 188.50 ZAR 188.51 ZAR 188.70 ZAR 188.71 ZAR 188.99 ZAR 189.00 ZAR 189.01 ZAR 189.15 ZAR 189.16 ZAR 189.35 ZAR 189.40 ZAR 189.45 ZAR 189.80 ZAR 189.85 ZAR 190.00 ZAR 190.01 ZAR 190.04 ZAR 190.75 ZAR 191.00 ZAR 191.01 ZAR 191.25 ZAR 191.32 ZAR 191.40 ZAR 191.50 ZAR 191.51 ZAR 191.70 ZAR 192.00 ZAR 192.14 ZAR 192.20 ZAR 192.25 ZAR 192.30 ZAR 192.50 ZAR 192.54 ZAR 192.95 ZAR 193.00 ZAR 193.50 ZAR 194.00 ZAR 194.49 ZAR 195.00 ZAR 195.01 ZAR 195.50 ZAR 195.51 ZAR 195.60 |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, e.g. CFD |
Long/short (Note 6) |
Number of securities (Note 7) |
Price per unit (Note 5) |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, e.g. call option |
Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc. |
Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7) |
Exercise price |
Type, e.g. American, European etc. |
Expiry Date |
Option money paid/received per unit (Note 5) |
Equity Futures |
Writing |
500 |
European |
19/03/2009 |
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Call Option |
Writing |
900 |
ZAR 107 |
European |
01/09/2009 |
|
Equity Future |
Purchasing |
1,800 |
European |
18/12/2008 |
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. call option |
Number of securities |
Exercise price per unit (Note 5) |
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction (Note 8) |
Details |
Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) |
4. OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. |
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO
Date of disclosure |
2 OCTOBER 2008 |
Contact name |
DAVID BURFOOT |
Telephone number |
020 7597 4394 |
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected |
n/a |
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) |
n/a |
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name, e.g. call option |
Written or purchased |
Number of securities to which the option or derivative relates |
Exercise price (Note 2) |
Type, e.g. American, European etc. |
Expiry date |
Equity Future |
Written |
248,600 |
n/a |
n/a |
19/03/2009 |
Put Option |
Purchased |
6,100 |
ZAR 302.06 |
American |
18/06/2009 |
Call Option |
Purchased |
6,100 |
ZAR 416.84 |
American |
18/06/2009 |
Put Option |
Written |
128,000 |
ZAR 176.00 |
American |
18/06/2009 |
Put Option |
Purchased |
128,000 |
ZAR 220.00 |
American |
18/06/2009 |
Put Option |
Purchased |
128,000 |
ZAR 246.43 |
American |
18/06/2009 |
Put Option |
Written |
6,100 |
ZAR 256.75 |
American |
18/06/2009 |
Call Option |
Purchased |
82,300 |
ZAR 265.20 |
American |
18/12/2008 |
Put Option |
Purchased |
82,300 |
ZAR 214.37 |
American |
18/12/2008 |
Put Option |
Written |
82,300 |
ZAR 187.85 |
American |
18/12/2008 |
Call Option |
Written |
4,010 |
ZAR 152.99 |
European |
07/10/2008 |
Call Option |
Written |
300 |
ZAR 139.00 |
European |
01/09/2009 |
Call Option |
Written |
1,360 |
ZAR 106.98 |
European |
01/09/2009 |
Equity Future |
Written |
1,480,400 |
n/a |
European |
18/12/2008 |
Equity Future |
Written |
115,500 |
n/a |
European |
19/03/2009 |
Put Option |
Purchased |
813,000 |
ZAR 246.0000 |
American |
18/12/2008 |
Call Option |
Purchased |
813,000 |
ZAR 317.3400 |
American |
18/12/2008 |
Put Option |
Written |
813,000 |
ZAR 221.4000 |
American |
18/12/2008 |
Equity Future |
Written |
327,000 |
n/a |
European |
18/12/2008 |
Call Option |
Written |
316,100 |
ZAR 389.97 |
American |
19/03/2009 |
Call Option |
Written |
318,600 |
ZAR 389.05 |
American |
19/03/2009 |
Put Option |
Written |
128,000 |
ZAR 308.04 |
American |
18/06/2009 |
Put Option |
Written |
316,100 |
ZAR 309.01 |
American |
19/03/2009 |
Put Option |
Written |
318,600 |
ZAR 306.10 |
American |
19/03/2009 |
Put Option |
Purchased |
316,100 |
ZAR 231.76 |
American |
19/03/2009 |
Put Option |
Purchased |
318,600 |
ZAR 229.58 |
American |
19/03/2009 |
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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