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:   BARCLAYS AFRICA GROUP LIMITED
     
(b) Owner or controller of interest and short
  positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):  
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

SIBANYE GOLD LIMITED

  relevant securities this form relates:  
(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: 21 December 2017
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making YES:
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? 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:   ORD
  Interests   Short Positions
    Number   (%) Number   (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 66,069,786 3.05% 65,199,344 3.01%
           
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
27,244,614 1.26% 21,807 0.00%
           
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
 
TOTAL: 93,314,400 4.30% 65,221,151 3.01%

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   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 1,233 14.5200 ZAR
ORD Purchase 1,793 14.5400 ZAR
ORD Purchase 2,098 14.7300 ZAR
ORD Purchase 2,420 14.5583 ZAR
ORD Purchase 2,777 14.4800 ZAR
ORD Purchase 3,636 14.2700 ZAR
ORD Purchase 5,508 14.7100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 6,742 14.6400 ZAR
ORD Purchase 8,483 14.2900 ZAR
ORD Purchase 8,749 14.4900 ZAR
ORD Purchase 9,742 14.5100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 11,780 14.4599 ZAR
ORD Purchase 13,395 14.4600 ZAR
ORD Purchase 14,201 14.7200 ZAR
ORD Purchase 14,957 14.5300 ZAR
ORD Purchase 16,643 14.6600 ZAR
ORD Purchase 17,597 14.7000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 18,067 14.4200 ZAR
ORD Purchase 19,857 14.3700 ZAR
ORD Purchase 22,117 14.3500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 23,287 14.6100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 23,332 14.6000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 23,833 14.4700 ZAR
ORD Purchase 24,957 14.5000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 26,316 14.3100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 26,469 14.3600 ZAR
ORD Purchase 31,084 14.3000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 31,619 14.5500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 35,160 14.4300 ZAR
ORD Purchase 36,843 14.6200 ZAR
ORD Purchase 36,896 14.4000 ZAR
ORD Purchase 41,132 14.3200 ZAR
ORD Purchase 41,146 14.6500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 41,723 14.3900 ZAR
ORD Purchase 41,989 14.6800 ZAR
ORD Purchase 42,031 14.4500 ZAR
ORD Purchase 52,557 14.5900 ZAR
ORD Purchase 52,982 14.5700 ZAR
ORD Purchase 54,823 14.6300 ZAR
ORD Purchase 57,977 14.3400 ZAR
ORD Purchase 68,729 14.6900 ZAR
ORD Purchase 70,611 14.3800 ZAR
ORD Purchase 79,386 14.4100 ZAR
ORD Purchase 87,015 14.5800 ZAR
ORD Purchase 102,568 14.4400 ZAR
ORD Purchase 114,703 14.3300 ZAR
ORD Purchase 197,655 14.5600 ZAR
ORD Purchase 619,723 14.4970 ZAR
ORD Sale 27 14.6288 ZAR
ORD Sale 900 14.5400 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,010 14.2700 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,463 14.6400 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,480 14.3600 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,515 14.5000 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,552 14.2600 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,566 14.3900 ZAR
ORD Sale 1,687 14.3700 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,000 14.3800 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,130 14.5917 ZAR
ORD Sale 2,614 14.4300 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,171 14.4100 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,600 14.3100 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,752 14.3000 ZAR
ORD Sale 3,873 14.3400 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,122 14.3500 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,631 14.6000 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,785 14.5500 ZAR
ORD Sale 4,836 14.5600 ZAR
ORD Sale 6,590 14.4000 ZAR
ORD Sale 6,673 14.4400 ZAR
ORD Sale 6,891 14.2900 ZAR
ORD Sale 9,668 14.5900 ZAR
ORD Sale 11,541 14.6500 ZAR
ORD Sale 11,999 14.6100 ZAR
ORD Sale 12,000 14.7100 ZAR
ORD Sale 13,016 14.5800 ZAR
ORD Sale 14,225 14.6300 ZAR
ORD Sale 16,121 14.5700 ZAR
ORD Sale 17,915 14.6200 ZAR
ORD Sale 17,926 14.6800 ZAR
ORD Sale 31,252 14.6900 ZAR
ORD Sale 34,765 14.3200 ZAR
ORD Sale 37,352 14.3300 ZAR
ORD Sale 44,988 14.7000 ZAR
ORD Sale 86,612 14.4900 ZAR
ORD Sale 234,546 14.6287 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”

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”

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO
Date of disclosure: 22 Dec 2017
Contact name: Femi Badmos
Telephone number: 020 3555 1125

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.

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

Category Code: RET
Sequence Number: 638279
Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20171222T131917+0000

Contacts

BARCLAYS AFRICA GROUP LIMITED

Contacts

BARCLAYS AFRICA GROUP LIMITED