4th May 2011 10:50
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: | 03 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
| 1832 | 3.71200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 466 | 3.71500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1287 | 3.71600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1419 | 3.72000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1378 | 3.72100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1217 | 3.72600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 2766 | 3.72900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 977 | 3.73000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 215 | 3.73100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1751 | 3.73500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1221 | 3.73600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 4170 | 3.73800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1293 | 3.73900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1545 | 3.74000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1507 | 3.74100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1748 | 3.74200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 7799 | 3.74300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 904 | 3.74500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 955 | 3.74600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1434 | 3.74800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 2388 | 3.75000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 867 | 3.75400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 3161 | 3.75800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 7722 | 3.76000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 3107 | 3.76100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 2236 | 3.76200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 972 | 3.76400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 3857 | 3.76500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 564 | 3.76600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 3971 | 3.76800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 3108 | 3.76900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 614 | 3.77200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 906 | 3.77500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 858 | 3.77800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 528 | 3.77900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 812 | 3.78000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 4530 | 3.80500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 4472 | 3.80800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1942 | 3.81600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 861 | 3.81700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 4638 | 3.82300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 6376 | 3.83000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 581 | 3.83800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1971 | 3.84100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 472 | 3.85000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 2385 | 3.85700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 869 | 3.71300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 861 | 3.71400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 466 | 3.71600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 190 | 3.71700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1419 | 3.72200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 612 | 3.72600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1217 | 3.72800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 854 | 3.72900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2476 | 3.73100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1040 | 3.73400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 573 | 3.73500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2303 | 3.73700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 820 | 3.73800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3169 | 3.73900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2919 | 3.74000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 898 | 3.74100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2306 | 3.74200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2006 | 3.74500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2474 | 3.74600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 579 | 3.74900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 7059 | 3.75000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 515 | 3.75200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 988 | 3.75500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 484 | 3.75800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3304 | 3.75900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 4285 | 3.76000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3617 | 3.76100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2228 | 3.76200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 4305 | 3.76300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 711 | 3.76500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1319 | 3.76600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2106 | 3.76700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 831 | 3.76800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3414 | 3.76900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2497 | 3.77000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 614 | 3.77300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1296 | 3.78100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 9371 | 3.78600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3049 | 3.80600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 4472 | 3.80900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1942 | 3.81700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1056 | 3.81800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 4929 | 3.82400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 4665 | 3.83300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1561 | 3.84200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1114 | 3.85800 GBP |
TOTAL BUY :
| 99783 | ||
TOTAL SALE :
| 99783 |
(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: | 04 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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