GKN : Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment GKN Plc

This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 9045B released at 13:08pm on the 15th January 2018. Amendment made to section 3 (a). All other information remains unchanged

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:	UBS Investment Bank, London
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	GKN plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Melrose Industries plc
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an open position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	12 January 2018
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state 'N/A'	YES Melrose Industries plc

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

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.

(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 and/or controlled:	300000	0.10%	0	0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:	300000	0.10%	0	0.00%

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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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 security	Purchase/sale	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
10p ordinary	Buy	1539	4.0000 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	989	4.0010 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	111346	4.0025 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	25296	4.0030 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	4534	4.0035 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	1206	4.0040 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	5204	4.0045 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	75511	4.0050 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	87	4.0051 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	2916	4.0060 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	29682	4.0070 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	2930	4.0080 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	4450	4.0090 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	6030	4.0100 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	27847	4.0105 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	31343	4.0110 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	18068	4.0115 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	10002	4.0120 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	870	4.0125 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	30974	4.0130 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	3940	4.0135 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	1903	4.0140 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	14604	4.0145 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	25487	4.0150 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	69	4.0151 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	182022	4.0346 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	483	4.1540 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	53	4.1579 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	3771	4.1580 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	1227	4.1585 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	2012	4.1590 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	2693	4.1595 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	26832	4.1600 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	88000	4.1825 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	951	4.1900 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	62461	4.2000 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	8884	4.2040 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	1159	4.2050 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	1474	4.2060 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	4442	4.2090 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	11659	4.2095 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	83899	4.2100 GBP
10p ordinary	Buy	4220	4.2175 GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	436827	4.0150 GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	1141	4.0600 GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	1513	4.0620 GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	3330	4.0635 GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	547	4.0650 GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	620	4.0655 GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	2171	4.0665 GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	583	4.0680 GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	172117	4.1070 GBP
10p ordinary	Sell	4220	4.2175 GBP
	TOTAL BUY :	923069
	TOTAL SALE :	623069

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

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

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(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) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	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)

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: 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 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?

YES/NO

Date of disclosure:	22 January 2018
Contact name:	Wendy Dent
Telephone number:	[phone]

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].

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