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:	28 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:	38,403	0.016	17,773	0.007
(2) Derivatives (other than options):			15,846	0.007
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:	38,403	0.016	33,619	0.014

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	602	4.4970
Ordinary shares	Purchase	486	4.5000
Ordinary shares	Purchase	513	4.5230
Ordinary shares	Purchase	871	4.5400
Ordinary shares	Purchase	150	4.5500
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,800	4.5570
Ordinary shares	Purchase	534	4.5780
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,202	4.5810
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,611	4.6000
Ordinary shares	Purchase	274	4.6140
Ordinary shares	Purchase	288	4.6270
Ordinary shares	Purchase	169	4.6290
Ordinary shares	Purchase	904	4.6300
Ordinary shares	Purchase	324	4.6350
Ordinary shares	Purchase	300	4.6380
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,347	4.6390
Ordinary shares	Purchase	6,592	4.6400
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,583	4.6410
Ordinary shares	Purchase	182	4.6420
Ordinary shares	Purchase	927	4.6700
Ordinary shares	Purchase	540	4.6750
Ordinary shares	Purchase	613	4.6770
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,491	4.6780
Ordinary shares	Sale	231	4.5050
Ordinary shares	Sale	248	4.5180
Ordinary shares	Sale	100	4.5280
Ordinary shares	Sale	558	4.5310
Ordinary shares	Sale	348	4.5560
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,800	4.5570
Ordinary shares	Sale	403	4.5580
Ordinary shares	Sale	600	4.5680
Ordinary shares	Sale	500	4.5730
Ordinary shares	Sale	500	4.5830
Ordinary shares	Sale	400	4.5950
Ordinary shares	Sale	537	4.5960
Ordinary shares	Sale	344	4.6000
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,116	4.6010
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,100	4.6020
Ordinary shares	Sale	500	4.6190
Ordinary shares	Sale	500	4.6260
Ordinary shares	Sale	7,471	4.6300
Ordinary shares	Sale	500	4.6330
Ordinary shares	Sale	338	4.6350
Ordinary shares	Sale	239	4.6360
Ordinary shares	Sale	800	4.6370
Ordinary shares	Sale	4,207	4.6380
Ordinary shares	Sale	2,608	4.6390
Ordinary shares	Sale	2,272	4.6400
Ordinary shares	Sale	800	4.6410
Ordinary shares	Sale	600	4.6420
Ordinary shares	Sale	216	4.6430
Ordinary shares	Sale	500	4.6480
Ordinary shares	Sale	233	4.6510
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,036	4.6590
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,100	4.6600
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,000	4.6610
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,138	4.6700
Ordinary shares	Sale	18	4.6710
Ordinary shares	Sale	328	4.6730
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,720	4.6760
Ordinary shares	Sale	200	4.6770
Ordinary shares	Sale	500	4.6810
Ordinary shares	Sale	247	4.6950
Ordinary shares	Sale	485	4.7150
Ordinary shares	Sale	400	4.7250

Total Buy - 23,303

Total Sell - 38,741

(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	6,567	4.6300
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Long	18,470	4.6323
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Long	11,000	4.6358
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Short	13,687	4.6186
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Short	900	4.6387

(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:	29/01/2013
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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