24th Jun 2011 10:28
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: | 23 June 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
| 926 | 3.19900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 852 | 3.20000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 501 | 3.20100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 942 | 3.21100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 741 | 3.21200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1582 | 3.21900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 364 | 3.22600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1654 | 3.22700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 500 | 3.22800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 812 | 3.22900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1152 | 3.23200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1581 | 3.23300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 615 | 3.23700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1711 | 3.24000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 229 | 3.24100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1567 | 3.24300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 131 | 3.24500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 616 | 3.24600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 500 | 3.24900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1191 | 3.25000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 734 | 3.25100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 752 | 3.25200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 3997 | 3.27900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 549 | 3.32800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 71 | 3.33100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 4385 | 3.36500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1000 | 3.36800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 400 | 3.38000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 610 | 3.38800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 536 | 3.38900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 2092 | 3.39000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 534 | 3.39200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1959 | 3.39300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 11479 | 3.39800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1721 | 3.40800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 896 | 3.40900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1323 | 3.41100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1480 | 3.41300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1458 | 3.41400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 756 | 3.41800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 497 | 3.43000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 776 | 3.44800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Buy
| 1239 | 3.46100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 608 | 3.19800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 926 | 3.20000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 501 | 3.20200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 11 | 3.20800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 810 | 3.21300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 741 | 3.21400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1582 | 3.22000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 364 | 3.22700 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1814 | 3.22800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 500 | 3.22900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1815 | 3.23000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1500 | 3.23300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 710 | 3.23400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 290 | 3.23800 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1067 | 3.24000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1186 | 3.24100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1567 | 3.24400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 485 | 3.24600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1806 | 3.25100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 288 | 3.25200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 752 | 3.25300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3448 | 3.26500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 3546 | 3.28000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2017 | 3.31600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 845 | 3.32900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2760 | 3.33200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2923 | 3.36600 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1318 | 3.39000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 204 | 3.39100 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1346 | 3.39300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 2914 | 3.39400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 387 | 3.40300 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 488 | 3.40400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1996 | 3.40900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 7024 | 3.41000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1553 | 3.41200 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1349 | 3.41400 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1458 | 3.41500 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 776 | 3.44900 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 497 | 3.45000 GBP |
10p Ordinary | Sell
| 1239 | 3.46200 GBP |
TOTAL BUY :
| 57411 | ||
TOTAL SALE :
| 57411 |
(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: | 24 June 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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