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RNS Number : 1115H

Marlowe PLC

30 July 2021

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:              Alex Dacre 
 (b) Owner or controller of interests     N/A 
  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           MARLOWE PLC 
  relation to whose relevant securities 
  this form relates: 
  Use a separate form for each 
  offeror/offeree 
                                         ------------ 
 (d) If an exempt fund manager            N/A 
  connected with an offeror/offeree, 
  state this and specify identity 
  of offeror/offeree: 
                                         ------------ 
 (e) Date position held/dealing           30/07/2021 
  undertaken: 
  For an opening position disclosure, 
  state the latest practicable date 
  prior to the disclosure 
                                         ------------ 
 (f) In addition to the company           No 
  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" 
                                         ------------ 
 
   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                                 Ord 
  security: 
                                      Interests        Short positions 
                                 ------------------  ------------------ 
                                   Number       %        Number      % 
                                 ----------          -------------  --- 
 (1) Relevant securities 
  owned and/or controlled:        4,654,352   6.03% 
                                 ----------  ------  -------------  --- 
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:       N/A 
                                 ----------  ------  -------------  --- 
 (3) Stock-settled                   N/A 
  derivatives (including 
  options) and agreements 
  to purchase/sell: 
                                 ----------  ------  -------------  --- 
 
   TOTAL:                         4,654,352   6.03% 
                                 ----------  ------  -------------  --- 
 

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           Ordinary shares of 50p 
  in relation to which subscription 
  right exists: 
 Details, including nature                       1. Marlowe plc Long Term 
  of the rights concerned                         Incentive Plan 2019 under 
  and relevant percentages:                       which Alex Dacre has been 
                                                  granted 92,975 of new share 
                                                  options will vest, in whole 
                                                  or in part, on 1 April 2022 
                                                  (or upon a change of control) 
                                                  subject to performance conditions 
                                                  involving the Company's compound 
                                                  annual total shareholder 
                                                  return having been met over 
                                                  the preceding three-year 
                                                  period. 
                                                  Upon vesting, the options 
                                                  will be exercisable at a 
                                                  price of 50 pence per ordinary 
                                                  at any time prior to expiry 
                                                  on 31 March 2029. 
                                                  2. Marlowe plc Long Term 
                                                  Incentive Plan 2020 under 
                                                  which Alex Dacre has been 
                                                  granted 63,380 of new share 
                                                  options will vest, in whole 
                                                  or in part, on 1 April 2023 
                                                  (or upon a change of control) 
                                                  subject to performance conditions 
                                                  involving the Company's compound 
                                                  annual total shareholder 
                                                  return having been met over 
                                                  the preceding three-year 
                                                  period. 
                                                  Upon vesting, the options 
                                                  will be exercisable at a 
                                                  price of 50 pence per ordinary 
                                                  at any time prior to expiry 
                                                  on 31 March 2030. 
                                                  3. 3,913 share options vesting 
                                                  on 1 October 2023 under HMRC 
                                                  approved 2020 Save As You 
                                                  Earn scheme. Subject to the 
                                                  rules of the 2020 SAYE Scheme, 
                                                  participants will be able 
                                                  to exercise their 2020 SAYE 
                                                  Options within six-months 
                                                  commencing from 1 October 
                                                  2023. The 2020 SAYE Options 
                                                  have an exercise price, calculated 
                                                  in accordance with the rules 
                                                  of the SAYE Scheme, of 460 
                                                  pence per 2020 SAYE Option 
                                                  4. Marlowe Executive Incentive 
                                                  Plan under which participants 
                                                  receive a 10% share of total 
                                                  shareholder return created 
                                                  above a hurdle of 10% per 
                                                  annum over a five year performance 
                                                  period. Growth in shareholder 
                                                  value is assessed from 1 
                                                  April 2021 based on the number 
                                                  of issued Ordinary Shares 
                                                  of 50 pence each in the capital 
                                                  of the Company at that date 
                                                  and the March 2021 placing 
                                                  price of GBP6.90 per share. 
                                                  Participants will receive 
                                                  a share of the pool created 
                                                  based on the proportion of 
                                                  the pool they are allocated. 
                                                  Alex Dacre has a 56.5% allocation. 
                                                  The value of the pool will 
                                                  be converted into new shares 
                                                  at the end of the performance 
                                                  period in the form of a nil-cost 
                                                  options which can be exercised 
                                                  over a five year period from 
                                                  the date of grant (i.e. the 
                                                  end of the performance period), 
                                                  subject to a cap on the maximum 
                                                  number of shares which can 
                                                  be issued, equal to 4,902,295 
                                                  new shares based on a dilution 
                                                  limit of 10% of the current 
                                                  share capital, less shares 
                                                  issued (and granted but not 
                                                  yet vested) for share incentive 
                                                  schemes since 2016. 
                                     ----------------------------------------------- 
 
   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 securities   Price per unit 
      security                                                   (GBP) 
        N/A 
                    --------------  ---------------------  --------------- 
 
   (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
 Class of      Product            Nature of dealing             Number         Price 
  relevant    description        e.g. opening/closing         of reference    per unit 
  security     e.g. CFD              a long/short              securities 
                             position, increasing/reducing 
                                     a long/short 
                                       position 
 N/A 
            -------------  -------------------------------  --------------  ---------- 
 
   (c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class       Product        Writing,         Number       Exercise      Type      Expiry    Option 
     of       description    purchasing,    of securities     price       e.g.       date      money 
  relevant       e.g.         selling,        to which         per      American,              paid/ 
  security       call          varying         option         unit      European              received 
                option          etc.           relates                    etc.                  per 
                                                                                                unit 
 N/A 
            -------------  -------------  ---------------  ---------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
 
   (ii)        Exercise 
 
 Class of      Product      Exercising/    Number of     Exercise 
  relevant    description    exercised     securities    price per 
  security     e.g. call      against                      unit 
                option 
 N/A 
            -------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of     Nature of dealing    Details    Price per 
  relevant    e.g. subscription,               unit (if 
  security        conversion                  applicable) 
 N/A 
            --------------------  --------  ------------- 
 
   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)   No 
  attached? 
 
 
 Date of disclosure:    30/07/2021 
 Contact name:          Matthew Allen 
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 Telephone number:      020 3813 8493 
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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 .

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