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QUILTER PLC - Form 8.3 Announcement

Release Date: 08/10/2024 16:00
Code(s): QLT     PDF:  
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Form 8.3 Announcement

QUILTER PLC
(Incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with
registered number 06404270 and re-registered as a public
limited company under the Companies Act 2006)
ISIN CODE: GB00BNHSJN34
JSE SHARE CODE: QLT
Quilter plc (the "Company")
                                                                                 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) Full name of discloser:                                  Quilter PLC (and subsidiaries)

 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short
     positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is
     insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and
     beneficiaries must be named.
 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose             DS Smith PLC
     relevant securities this form relates:
     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (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:                   07/10/2024
     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest
     practicable date prior to the disclosure
 (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the         No
     discloser making disclosures in respect of any
     other party to the offer?
     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state
     "N/A"

2.       POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

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.

(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:                                  10p ordinary

                                               Interests                   Short positions
                                            Number             %            Number                %
 (1) Relevant securities owned             13,223,907         0.95
     and/or controlled:
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 (3) Stock-settled derivatives
     (including options) and
      agreements to
      purchase/sell:
                                           13,223,907        0.95
      TOTAL:


All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), 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 employee
          options)

 Class of relevant security in relation to
 which subscription right exists:
 Details, including nature of the rights
 concerned and relevant percentages:


3.        DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

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.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)       Purchases and sales

     Class of relevant                                  Number of
                             Purchase/sale                                    Price per unit
         security                                       securities
       10p ordinary             Purchase                     21                      4.56
       10p ordinary               Sale                  1,799,345                  4.6027
       10p ordinary               Sale                      750                   4.61304
       10p ordinary               Sale                     3,035                  4.61108
       10p ordinary               Sale                      250                  4.609624
       10p ordinary               Sale                     1,125                  4.59096
       10p ordinary               Sale                      655                  4.585386
       10p ordinary               Sale                    62,313                    4.581
       10p ordinary               Sale                     3,805                 4.580944
       10p ordinary               Sale                      885                  4.580768
       10p ordinary               Sale                      765                   4.58056
       10p ordinary               Sale                       21                  4.578716
       10p ordinary               Sale                       41                      4.56
       10p ordinary               Sale                      405                      4.56



(b)       Cash-settled derivative transactions

      Class of          Product         Nature of dealing           Number of       Price per
      relevant         description    e.g. opening/closing a        reference          unit
      security          e.g. CFD        long/short position,        securities
                                      increasing/reducing a
                                         long/short position
(c)       Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)       Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

  Class        Product       Writing,     Number      Exercis       Type     Expir    Option
    of        descriptio    purchasin         of      e price        e.g.      y      money
 relevan      n e.g. call   g, selling,   securitie   per unit     America   date      paid/
     t          option       varying         s to                     n,              receive
 securit                       etc.         which                  Europea             d per
    y                                      option                   n etc.              unit
                                           relates



(ii)      Exercise

       Class of           Product         Exercising/        Number of        Exercise price
       relevant         description        exercised         securities          per unit
       security        e.g. call option     against



(d)       Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

  Class of relevant          Nature of dealing              Details          Price per unit (if
      security               e.g. subscription,                                 applicable)
                                conversion
       10p ordinary             Transfer in                      205



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:
 Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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?                                NO



 Date of disclosure:                             08/10/2024

 Contact name:                                   Henry Nevin
 Telephone number:                               +44 (0)207 150 4209


Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's
disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided
contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

08th October 2024

Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited

Date: 08-10-2024 04:00:00
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