10th Jul 2013 13:05
FORM 8.6
PRIVATE DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT FUND MANAGER WITH
NO INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE IN ANY PARTY
Rule 8.6 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt fund manager: | Lazard Asset Management Limited |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a disclosure form for each offeror/offeree |
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree with which exempt fund manager is connected: | Lonrho PLC |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | Wednesday, 10 July 2013 |
(e) Has the EFM previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | NO |
2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT FUND MANAGER
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing
Class of relevant security:
| Ord 10p | |||
| Interests | Short positions | ||
Number | % | Number | % | |
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 246,921 | .015 | ||
(2) Derivatives (other than options): | ||||
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: | ||||
TOTAL: |
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0 |
246,921 | 0.015 |
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 same offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
3. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT FUND MANAGER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security | Purchase/sale
| Number of securities | Price per unit |
Convertible 7% 2015 Ord
|
sale
sale
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4,500,000
1,982,103 |
£102.90
£0.1017
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(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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 |
TRS USD
ORDINARY ORDINARY |
CFD |
BUY TO CLOSE
COVER SHORT COVER SHORT |
8,205,619
305,788 1,062,551 |
£0.1509
£0.1017 £0.1017 |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(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) Exercising
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
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(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) |
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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(b), 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 exempt fund manager 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" |
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt fund manager 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" |
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(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO |
| Date of disclosure: | Wednesday, 10 July 2013 |
| Contact name: | MARTIN COMPTON |
| Telephone number: | 0207 448 2516 |
Private disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [email protected]. 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.
Related Shares:
Lonrho