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:	11 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:	166,149	0.068	29,240	0.012
(2) Derivatives (other than options):			168,993	0.070
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:	166,149	0.068	198,233	0.082

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	1,115	4.0570
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,028	4.0820
Ordinary shares	Purchase	898	4.0840
Ordinary shares	Purchase	400	4.0850
Ordinary shares	Purchase	340	4.0890
Ordinary shares	Purchase	271	4.0930
Ordinary shares	Purchase	552	4.1120
Ordinary shares	Purchase	2,469	4.1200
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,179	4.1250
Ordinary shares	Purchase	551	4.1270
Ordinary shares	Purchase	182	4.1290
Ordinary shares	Purchase	1,618	4.1310
Ordinary shares	Purchase	754	4.1400
Ordinary shares	Purchase	435	4.1460
Ordinary shares	Purchase	293	4.1470
Ordinary shares	Sale	376	4.0690
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,200	4.0840
Ordinary shares	Sale	76,099	4.0870
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,200	4.0910
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,445	4.0940
Ordinary shares	Sale	900	4.0960
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,200	4.1000
Ordinary shares	Sale	754	4.1100
Ordinary shares	Sale	755	4.1120
Ordinary shares	Sale	755	4.1130
Ordinary shares	Sale	2,250	4.1140
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,631	4.1150
Ordinary shares	Sale	2,100	4.1160
Ordinary shares	Sale	954	4.1170
Ordinary shares	Sale	2,003	4.1180
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,854	4.1190
Ordinary shares	Sale	218	4.1200
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,200	4.1210
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,500	4.1230
Ordinary shares	Sale	200	4.1250
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,588	4.1280
Ordinary shares	Sale	500	4.1290
Ordinary shares	Sale	67	4.1300
Ordinary shares	Sale	255	4.1310
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,100	4.1340
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,132	4.1370
Ordinary shares	Sale	68	4.1380
Ordinary shares	Sale	747	4.1440
Ordinary shares	Sale	3,742	4.1450
Ordinary shares	Sale	189	4.1460
Ordinary shares	Sale	1,402	4.1470
Ordinary shares	Sale	2,400	4.1490
Ordinary shares	Sale	3,010	4.1500

Total Buy - 12,085

Total Sell - 114,794

(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	73,420	4.0876
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Long	12,415	4.1043
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Long	28,741	4.1270
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Short	400	4.0850
Ordinary Shares	SWAP	Short	9,216	4.1091

(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:	14/01/2013
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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