Britvic Plc : Form 8.5 Britvic Plc

Nomura International PLC (EPT)

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FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Nomura International Plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Britvic Plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Britvic Plc
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:	18 January 2013
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	Yes,  A.G. Barr Plc

2.         POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(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:	20p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	90,258	0.037	29,460	0.012
(2) Derivatives (other than options):			91,182	0.038
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:	90,258	0.037	120,642	0.050

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(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
Ordinary shares	Purchase	447	4.2100
Ordinary shares	Purchase	850	4.2180
Ordinary shares	Purchase	190	4.2340
Ordinary shares	Purchase	108	4.2610
Ordinary shares	Purchase	395	4.2920
Ordinary shares	Purchase	3,288	4.2930
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,431	4.2940
Ordinary shares	Purchase	2,818	4.2950
Ordinary shares	Purchase	350	4.2960
Ordinary shares	Purchase	811	4.2970
Ordinary shares	Purchase	471	4.2980
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,466	4.2990
Ordinary shares	Purchase	2,688	4.3010
Ordinary shares	Purchase	2,510	4.3020
Ordinary shares	Purchase	408	4.3050
Ordinary shares	Purchase	6,674	4.3060
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,200	4.3080
Ordinary shares	Purchase	598	4.3090
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,217	4.3100
Ordinary shares	Purchase	2,542	4.3110
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,130	4.3130
Ordinary shares	Purchase	423	4.3160
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,468	4.3180
Ordinary shares	Purchase	3,167	4.3200
Ordinary shares	Purchase	900	4.3220
Ordinary shares	Purchase	677	4.3230
Ordinary shares	Purchase	600	4.3280
Ordinary shares	Purchase	155	4.3320
Ordinary shares	Purchase	2,104	4.3330
Ordinary shares	Purchase	2,796	4.3350
Ordinary shares	Purchase	10,000	4.3400
Ordinary shares	Purchase	190	4.3410
Ordinary shares	Purchase	700	4.3430
Ordinary shares	Purchase	546	4.3480
Ordinary shares	Purchase	891	4.3500
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,090	4.2100
Ordinary shares	Sale	439	4.2150
Ordinary shares	Sale	679	4.2900
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,411	4.2920
Ordinary shares	Sale	6,459	4.2930
Ordinary shares	Sale	4,230	4.2990
Ordinary shares	Sale	3,352	4.3000
Ordinary shares	Sale	995	4.3030
Ordinary shares	Sale	974	4.3050
Ordinary shares	Sale	5,626	4.3060
Ordinary shares	Sale	8,548	4.3080
Ordinary shares	Sale	4,377	4.3100
Ordinary shares	Sale	342	4.3110
Ordinary shares	Sale	4,456	4.3131
Ordinary shares	Sale	415	4.3200
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,549	4.3220
Ordinary shares	Sale	10,210	4.3400
Ordinary shares	Sale	180	4.3420
Ordinary shares	Sale	878	4.3500

Total Buy - 56,209

Total Sell - 56,210

(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
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Long	6,192	4.2930
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Long	35,295	4.3029
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Short	27,987	4.3044
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Short	12,139	4.3162

(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(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(b), 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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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?

NO

Date of disclosure:	21/01/2013
Contact name:	Kyere Tabiri
Telephone number:	0207102 1267

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 [e-mail].  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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