Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. : Form 8.3 - CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES - Ordinary Shares
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: |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. (“Dimensional”), in its capacity as investment manager and on behalf its affiliates who are also investment managers. Dimensional and its affiliates expressly disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares described in this form 8.3 |
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): |
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: |
| Capital & Counties Properties Plc |
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: |
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(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 17 February 2023 |
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
| Yes |
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: |
| 25p Ordinary Shares | ||||||
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: |
| 11,621,037* |
| 1.36% |
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives: |
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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| 11,621,037 |
| 1.36% |
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*Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. and / or its affiliates do not control voting discretion for 29,127 shares.
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: |
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: |
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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 security |
| Purchase/sale |
| Number of securities |
| Price per unit |
Ordinary shares |
| Purchase |
| 37,215 |
| GBP 1.234600 |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security |
| Product description |
| Nature of dealing |
| Number of reference securities |
| Price per unit |
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(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 |
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| Expiry date |
| Option money paid/ received per unit |
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(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security |
| Product description |
| Exercising/ exercised against |
| Number of securities |
| Exercise price per unit |
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security |
| Nature of dealing |
| Details |
| Price per unit (if applicable) |
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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: |
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: |
None |
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? |
| NO |
Date of disclosure: |
| 20 February 2023 |
Contact name: |
| Thomas Hone |
Telephone number: |
| 020 3033 3419 |
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 at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.