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Form 8.3 - National Express Group plc

15th Mar 2022 09:37

RNS Number : 8155E
Societe Generale SA
15 March 2022
 

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:

Société Générale S.A.

(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

 National Express Group 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

14/03/2022

(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"

YES: Stagecoach Group plc

 

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:

 

Ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

3,489,495

0.57

96,808

0.02

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

78,000

0.01

0

0.00

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

0

0.00

 

TOTAL:

3,567,495

0.58

96,808

0.02

 

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:

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

 

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 GBP

Ordinary

Purchase

277

2.364

Ordinary

Purchase

1,077

2.364

Ordinary

Purchase

840

2.516

Ordinary

Purchase

45

2.366

Ordinary

Purchase

987

2.516

Ordinary

Purchase

5,306

2.45

Ordinary

Purchase

292

2.494

Ordinary

Purchase

5,302

2.352

Ordinary

Purchase

288

2.494

Ordinary

Purchase

750

2.496

Ordinary

Purchase

1,393

2.402

Ordinary

Purchase

252

2.388

Ordinary

Purchase

1,114

2.368

Ordinary

Purchase

787

2.356

Ordinary

Purchase

433

2.356

Ordinary

Purchase

828

2.354

Ordinary

Purchase

1,065

2.358

Ordinary

Purchase

450

2.354

Ordinary

Purchase

1,115

2.388

Ordinary

Purchase

1,420

2.38

Ordinary

Purchase

750

2.408

Ordinary

Purchase

338

2.398

Ordinary

Purchase

248

2.398

Ordinary

Purchase

169

2.408

Ordinary

Purchase

248

2.398

Ordinary

Purchase

664

2.398

Ordinary

Purchase

1,405

2.396

Ordinary

Purchase

1,215

2.366

Ordinary

Purchase

73

2.34

Ordinary

Sale

989

2.36

Ordinary

Sale

32

2.36

Ordinary

Sale

463

2.388

Ordinary

Sale

750

2.388

Ordinary

Sale

470

2.386

Ordinary

Sale

23

2.386

Ordinary

Sale

418

2.386

Ordinary

Sale

425

2.418

Ordinary

Sale

316

2.384

Ordinary

Sale

1,454

2.386

Ordinary

Sale

1,454

2.388

Ordinary

Sale

10

2.402

Ordinary

Sale

210

2.374

Ordinary

Sale

1,341

2.41

Ordinary

Sale

340

2.388

Ordinary

Sale

750

2.388

Ordinary

Sale

122

2.41

Ordinary

Sale

101

2.394

Ordinary

Sale

101

2.378

Ordinary

Sale

114

2.392

Ordinary

Sale

137

2.378

Ordinary

Sale

106

2.388

Ordinary

Sale

252

2.388

Ordinary

Sale

121

2.388

Ordinary

Sale

165

2.4

Ordinary

Sale

117

2.388

Ordinary

Sale

101

2.378

Ordinary

Sale

146

2.39

Ordinary

Sale

367

2.4

Ordinary

Sale

123

2.392

Ordinary

Sale

135

2.402

Ordinary

Sale

97

2.39

Ordinary

Sale

123

2.39

Ordinary

Sale

151

2.396

Ordinary

Sale

117

2.39

Ordinary

Sale

278

2.39

Ordinary

Sale

328

2.398

Ordinary

Sale

126

2.39

Ordinary

Sale

134

2.398

Ordinary

Sale

98

2.384

Ordinary

Sale

129

2.39

Ordinary

Sale

284

2.364

Ordinary

Sale

98

2.384

Ordinary

Sale

182

2.354

Ordinary

Sale

104

2.394

Ordinary

Sale

146

2.378

Ordinary

Sale

102

2.384

Ordinary

Sale

138

2.392

Ordinary

Sale

200

2.39

Ordinary

Sale

145

2.378

Ordinary

Sale

114

2.392

Total Purchases

29,131

Total Sales

14,747

 

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

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 GBP

 

(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

GBP

 

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit GBP

 

 

 

(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) GBP

 

 

 

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"

 

 

 

(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:

15/03/2022

Contact name:

Paul Jenkins

Telephone number*:

+44 20 7676 6969

 

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.

 

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

 

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

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