Form 8.3 - SIBANYE GOLD LIMITED

LONDON--()--

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:   Absa Group Limited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

 
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

SIBANYE GOLD LIMITED
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:  
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

21 February 2019
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”

YES

 

LONMIN PLC

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:   USD 0.0001 ordinary

 

Interests   Short positions
  Number   % Number   %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 89,769,356 3.96% 109,994,342 4.85%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 25,417,969 1.12% 11,630 0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%

TOTAL:

115,187,325 5.08% 110,005,972 4.85%

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 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 NPV Purchase 150 14.8800 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 1577 14.7900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 1816 15.1500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 1912 15.2000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2222 14.8600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2452 15.3200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2550 15.2400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2554 14.9900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2574 14.9600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 2772 15.1600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 3008 14.9200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 4199 14.7700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 4292 14.9100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 5300 14.7600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 5713 14.8400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 6323 14.8900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 6809 14.9300 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 7644 15.1800 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 7772 15.3000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 8565 15.3100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 9031 15.2900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 9768 14.9700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 10134 14.8300 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 10480 15.1900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 10772 15.0100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 11149 15.2200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 11342 14.9000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 12316 15.0000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 12457 15.2700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 14905 15.0300 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 15043 15.2100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 15500 14.8100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 15574 14.9500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 15760 15.0600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 15984 15.0700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 22228 14.8500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 23131 15.2300 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 24037 15.1400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 31710 15.1300 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 35542 15.2600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 36416 15.1700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 39174 15.2500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 39821 15.0200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 40642 14.8000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 43243 15.0400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 44946 14.8200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 48028 15.1200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 51952 14.9800 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 63966 15.0800 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 69010 15.1100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 72421 14.9400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 75692 14.8700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 105079 15.2800 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 135553 15.0500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 148364 15.0900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Purchase 284881 15.1000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 516081 15.0736 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 207380 15.0500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 106881 15.2800 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 69112 15.0600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 67406 15.1000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 57795 15.0200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 54776 15.2500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 50089 15.0900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 44306 15.0300 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 30668 14.8700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 27595 15.0100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 24558 15.1100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 24289 15.0700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 18478 15.0800 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 18100 15.1600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 17828 15.1300 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 14996 15.0000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 14978 14.8600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 14454 15.1200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 13888 14.9400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 10035 15.0400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 9691 14.9100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 9238 15.2000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 9000 15.1800 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 7831 15.2200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 7412 14.9200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 7269 15.2700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 6795 15.1500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 6769 14.9900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 6691 15.1700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 6385 15.2900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 6358 15.3000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 5835 15.1400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 5466 15.2300 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 4794 15.1900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 3162 14.6400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 3135 15.3200 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 2941 15.2400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 2817 15.2100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 1932 14.9700 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 1736 14.6900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 1602 15.3100 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 1581 14.7400 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 1577 14.7900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 1465 15.2600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 1432 14.9800 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 1426 14.9600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 1405 14.8800 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 1319 14.9300 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 718 14.8000 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 685 14.8900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 657 14.9500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 300 15.3300 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 140 14.5500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV Sale 135 14.7100 ZAR

(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 person 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”

(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:

(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”

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO
Date of disclosure:   21 February 2019
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number*: +27 11 846 4234

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

Category Code: RET
Sequence Number: 664497
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20190222T104635+0000

Contacts

Absa Group Limited

Contacts

Absa Group Limited