Allianz Global Investors - Global Equity Business Unit / Rule 8.3
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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) 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 Titan International
relevant securities this form relates: Inc
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree (US88830M1027)
(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: 2 August 2012
(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: Ordinary Shares
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or 1,397,497 3.169
controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/
sell:
TOTAL: 1,397,497 3.169
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
security securities unit
Common Stock Purchase 2,732 USD 20.73
(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: 3 August 2012
Contact name: Dr. Sascha Spiegel
Telephone number: 0049 89 1220 7570
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
Seidlstr. 24 - 24 a
80335 München
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 1220 7570
Fax: +49 (0)89 1220 7559
E-mail: sascha.spiegel@allianzam.com
Internet: www.allianzgi.com
ISIN: -
Category Code: RET
LSE Ticker:
Sequence Number: 1149
Time of Receipt: Aug 03, 2012 13:55:20
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