UK-Regulatory: Allianz Global Investors - Global Equity Business Unit: Stanley Gibbons Group Plc (The)

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 FORM 8.3
 
 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION 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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings     Allianz Global
 are being disclosed:                                    Investors Global
                                                         Equity Business
                                                         Unit
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short
 positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is 
 insufficient
  
 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose        Stanley Gibbons
 relevant securities this form relates:                  Group Plc (The)
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree            
 (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:             12th September 2013
  
 (f) Has the discloser previously disclosed,            NO  
 or are they today disclosing, under the             
 Code in respect of any other party to this
 offer?                                                       
 2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
  
 (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:            
 
                                        Interests           Short positions
                                        Number       %      Number      %
  
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or   1,112,296  3.87
 controlled:
  
 (2) Derivatives (other than options):
  
 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/
 sell:
  
 TOTAL:                                 1,112,296  3.87
  
 All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
 
 Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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
 executive options)
 Class of relevant security in relation 
 to which subscription right exists:
  
 Details, including nature of the rights 
 concerned and relevant percentages:
 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.
  
 3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
  
 (a) Purchases and sales
 
 
 Class of relevant   Purchase/sale   Number of        Price per unit
 security                            securities
 
 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
 Class of   Product    Nature of dealing e.g. opening/   Number of   Price
 relevant   descript   closing a long/short position,    reference   per
 security   ion e.g.   increasing/reducing a long/short  securities  unit
            CFD        position
  
 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
  
 (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
 Class   Product   Writing,   Number of   Exerc   Type e.g.  Ex-  Option
 of      descrip-  purchasi   securities  ise     American,  piry money
 rele-   tion e.g. ng,        to which    price   European   da-  paid/
 vant    call      selling,   option      per     etc.       te   received
 secu-   option    varying    relates     unit                    per unit
 rity              etc.
  
 (ii) Exercising
 Class of relevant  Product descriptione.g.  Number of      Exercise price
 security           call option              securities     per unit
   
 (d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
 Class of relevant Nature of dealing e.g.     Details   Price per unit (if
 security          subscription, conversion             applicable)
 
 The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
 
 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.
 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:
 
 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:         13th September 2013
 Contact name:               Belinda Ong
 Telephone number:           +44(0) 20 7065 1504
   
 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 dealing 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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Language: English Company: Allianz Global Investors - Global Equity Business Unit 155 Bishopsgate EC2M 3AD London United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 2070651504 Fax: E-mail: belinda.ong@allianzgi.com, huong_giang.dao@allianzgi.com Internet: www.allianzgi.com ISIN: - Category Code: RET LSE Ticker: Sequence Number: 1645 Time of Receipt: Sep 13, 2013 12:54:24 End of Announcement DGAP News-Service
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