Become a Member
  • Track your favourite stocks
  • Create & monitor portfolios
  • Daily portfolio value
Sign Up
Quickpicks
Add shares to your
quickpicks to
display them here!

Rule 8.3- BHP Billiton

12th Sep 2008 12:32

RNS Number : 3395D
Investec Bank (UK) Limited
12 September 2008
 



  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

11 SEPTEMBER 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 

23,011,797     1.0427

42,578  0.0019

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

2,762,500  0.1252

4,815,310     0.2182

Total

25,774,297 1.1678

4,857,888   0.2201

(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 

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

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

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

2500

1566

395

5069

5316

12500

12500

12500

2000

10000

2430

1440

1765

351

975

167

84

1793

224

37983

50

5000

5018

100

100

2000

1000

800

300

10000

9776

5000

242000

200

100

100

1638

1000

2000

2006

500

300

783

5000

3

405

5000

5000

12500

25000

5000

2000

100

12563

100

3200

200

10000

3896

4000

979

989

1457

2000

31299

100

12

730

200

5017

412

2000

15888

75

8000

400

6016

5000

1000

100

800

47000

9000

5000

2000

25000

6000

4000

200

2000

100

1939

1979

3000

100

1000

100

10200

3061

5000

100

2000

989

5000

4000

1000

10100

275

4000

300

100

2000

100

200

2000

1377p

1379p

1384p

1385p

1391p

1399p

1400p

1401p

1402p

1405p

1414p

1415p

1416p

1417p

1418p

1419p

1422p

ZAR 200.05

ZAR 200.10

ZAR 200.20

ZAR 200.22

ZAR 200.40

ZAR 200.46

ZAR 200.50

ZAR 200.75

ZAR 201.00

ZAR 201.25

ZAR 202.00

ZAR 202.07

ZAR 202.35

ZAR 202.50

ZAR 202.55

ZAR 202.74

ZAR 203.23

ZAR 203.28

ZAR 203.31

ZAR 203.34

ZAR 203.51

ZAR 204.00

ZAR 204.50

ZAR 205.00

ZAR 205.35

1379p

1381p

1387p

1388p

1394p

1395p

1399p

1401p

1406p

1420p

ZAR 199.99

ZAR 200.00

ZAR 200.02

ZAR 200.06

ZAR 200.16

ZAR 200.20

ZAR 200.30

ZAR 200.48

ZAR 200.50

ZAR 200.56

ZAR 200.58

ZAR 200.68

ZAR 201.00

ZAR 201.01

ZAR 201.07

ZAR 201.12

ZAR 201.48

ZAR 201.50

ZAR 201.51

ZAR 201.79

ZAR 202.00

ZAR 202.01

ZAR 202.18

ZAR 202.25

ZAR 202.50

ZAR 202.51

ZAR 202.60

ZAR 202.69

ZAR 202.90

ZAR 203.00

ZAR 203.15

ZAR 203.20

ZAR 203.25

ZAR 203.50

ZAR 203.75

ZAR 204.00

ZAR 204.10

ZAR 204.25

ZAR 204.48

ZAR 204.50

ZAR 204.52

ZAR 204.70

ZAR 204.80

ZAR 204.90

ZAR 204.94

ZAR 205.00

ZAR 205.01

ZAR 205.05

ZAR 205.08

ZAR 205.10

ZAR 205.13

ZAR 205.17

ZAR 205.28

ZAR 205.35

ZAR 205.50

ZAR 205.62

ZAR 206.00

ZAR 206.01

ZAR 206.05

ZAR 206.15

ZAR 206.20

ZAR 206.30

ZAR 206.62

(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) 

Call Option

Purchasing

3,000

ZAR 152.99

European

07/10/2008

Equity Futures

Purchasing

600

European

18/12/2008

Equity Futures

Purchasing

9100

European

18/09/2008

(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

12 SEPTEMBER 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

Written

69,000

ZAR 260.84

American

18/09/2008

Call Option

Purchased

82,300

ZAR 265.20

American

18/12/2008

Call Option

Purchased

69,000

ZAR 217.37

American

18/09/2008

Put Option

Purchased

82,300

ZAR 214.37

American

18/12/2008

Put Option

Written

82,300

ZAR 187.85

American

18/12/2008

Put Option

Purchased

69,000

ZAE 173.89

American

18/09/2008

Call Option

Written

12,010

ZAR 152.99

European

07/10/2008 

Equity Future

Written

175,300

n/a

European

18/09/2008 

Equity Future

Written

1,372,600

n/a

European

18/12/2008 

Equity Future

Written

115,000

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

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
END
 
 
RETLTMBTMMJBBMP

Related Shares:

BHP Group
FTSE 100 Latest
Value8,596.35
Change99.55