Form 8.3 - BIFFA PLC

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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:	Qube Research & Technologies 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	Biffa plc
(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	18/01/2023
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	N/A

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:	1p Ordinary Shares
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	0	0	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	3,358,030	1.09	0	0
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	3,358,030	1.09	0	0

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:	0
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	0

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

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	13	409.6
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	835	410
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	783	410
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1030	409.8
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	580	410.8
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1271	409.6
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	2945	409.8
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	857	409.6
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	2005	410
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	5876	409.6
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	2134	410
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	26	409.8
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	14	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	23	409.8
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	6	409.8
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1764	409.6
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	2971	410
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1074	410
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	12620	409.6
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	162	409.6
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	2274	409.6
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	18	409.6
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	723	409.8
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	11	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1143	410
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1217	410
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1106	410
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1094	411.8
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	738	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	1225	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	4131	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	7228	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	456	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	9249	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	218	409.8
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	740	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	9236	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	1503	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	576	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	564	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	774	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	1172	409.6
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	863	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	749	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	5339	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	1067	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	527	409.4
1p Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Decreasing a long position	857	409.4

(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
0	0	0	0	0

(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)
0	0	0	0

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:	19/1/2023
Contact name:	Stuart Brown
Telephone number:	00442070722969

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 [phone].

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

Category Code: RET

Sequence Number: 1054662

Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20230119T103345+0000