RNS Number : 2876G
BNP Paribas London
04 August 2016
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
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
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BNP Paribas Arbitrage S.A.
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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Anheuser Bush InBev SA/NV
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is
connected:
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Anheuser Bush InBev SA/NV
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(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
For an opening position disclosure,
state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
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3rd August 2016
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(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible
cash offer, state "N/A"
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YES - SABMiller PLC
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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)
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Class of relevant security:
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Interests
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Short positions
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Number
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%
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Number
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%
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
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23,196,422
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1.44
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
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3,446,163
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0.21
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to
purchase/sell:
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TOTAL:
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26,642,585
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1.66
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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)
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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 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 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
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Class of relevant security
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Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities
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Highest price per unit paid/received
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Lowest price per unit paid/received
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BE0003793107
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Purchase
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200,373
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€111.6000
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€110.5000
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BE0003793107
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Sale
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148,703
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€111.7000
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€110.4000
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US03524A1088
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Purchase
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2,252
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$123.6500
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$123.6500
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US03524A1088
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Sale
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513
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$123.6500
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$123.6500
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. CFD
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Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
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Number of reference securities
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Price per unit
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NL0011913801
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CFD
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Increasing long position
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50,000
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€14.0100
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or
varying
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Class of relevant security
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Product description e.g. call option
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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
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Number of securities to which option relates
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Exercise price per unit
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Type
e.g. American, European etc.
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Expiry date
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Option money paid/ received per unit
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(ii) Exercise
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. call option
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Exercising/ exercised against
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Number of securities
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Exercise price per unit
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
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Class of relevant security
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Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
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Details
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Price per unit (if applicable)
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4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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"
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating
to options or derivatives
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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"
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(c) Attachments
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
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NO
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Date of disclosure:
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4th August 2016
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Contact name:
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David Burfoot
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Telephone number:
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020 7 595 9695
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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.
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