10th May 2011 10:27
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: | UBS AG London Branch |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Micro Focus International Plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Micro Focus International Plc |
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 09 May 2011 |
(e) Has the EPT 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 PRINCIPAL TRADER
(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:
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| Interests | Short positions | ||
Number | % | Number | % | |
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
(2) Derivatives (other than options): | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
TOTAL: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security | Purchase/sale
| Number of securities | Price per unit |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 2048 | 3.69800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 843 | 3.70100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 550 | 3.70500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 455 | 3.72200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 400 | 3.75400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1186 | 3.78800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 2254 | 3.79600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 896 | 3.81000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 426 | 3.81300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 400 | 3.81700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 4121 | 3.81800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 3411 | 3.82000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1870 | 3.82100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 504 | 3.82700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 771 | 3.82800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 2002 | 3.83300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 395 | 3.83600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1559 | 3.83800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 2695 | 3.83900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 902 | 3.84000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 498 | 3.84400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 637 | 3.84700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1006 | 3.84900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1542 | 3.85100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 3707 | 3.85200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 876 | 3.85300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1458 | 3.85400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 887 | 3.86200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 367 | 3.86300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 411 | 3.87500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 444 | 3.89700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1578 | 3.89900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 918 | 3.90400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 3796 | 3.90900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1244 | 3.91200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1125 | 3.92200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2048 | 3.69900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 979 | 3.70000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 136 | 3.70600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 433 | 3.72300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 664 | 3.75500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1186 | 3.79000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1392 | 3.79700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 647 | 3.81100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 426 | 3.81400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 496 | 3.81500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 500 | 3.81600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 400 | 3.81800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 381 | 3.81900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3380 | 3.82000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2979 | 3.82100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1870 | 3.82200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 790 | 3.82400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 429 | 3.82700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 259 | 3.82900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 504 | 3.83100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 304 | 3.83400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 643 | 3.83500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 967 | 3.83600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 400 | 3.83700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 535 | 3.83900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1029 | 3.84000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 400 | 3.84200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 498 | 3.84600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1620 | 3.85000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 501 | 3.85300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3784 | 3.85400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1851 | 3.85600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 991 | 3.86000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1270 | 3.86400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 954 | 3.86500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 380 | 3.88500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 978 | 3.89100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2290 | 3.90000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 401 | 3.90800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3796 | 3.91000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 890 | 3.91400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 798 | 3.92300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3003 | 3.92900 GBP |
TOTAL BUY :
| 48182 | ||
TOTAL SALE :
| 48182 |
(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 |
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(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 principal trader 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" |
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 principal trader 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
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(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO |
| Date of disclosure: | 10 May 2011 |
| Contact name: | Gemma Crewdson |
| Telephone number: | +44 (0)20 7568 1245 |
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 [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.
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