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Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

16th Jun 2010 12:06

RNS Number : 7184N
UBS AG (EPT)
16 June 2010
 



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

British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

15 June 2010

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

YES/NO

If YES, specify which:

 

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:

 

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

35399

0.00%

1086382

0.06%

(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:

35399

0.00%

1086382

0.06%

 

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

Ordinary

Buy

 

4819

7.00000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

202930

7.00500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

8841

7.01000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

18778

7.01500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

75175

7.02000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

8881

7.02500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

15360

7.03000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

11095

7.05500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

4061

7.06500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

2957

7.07000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

1657

7.08500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

21660

7.09500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

2500

7.10000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

13114

7.10500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

2037

7.11000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

15732

7.11500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

82154

7.12000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

23936

7.12500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

14250

7.13000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

21959

7.13500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

20322

7.14000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

10211

7.15000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

35012

7.15500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

1336

7.16000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

23355

7.16500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

2423

7.17000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

675667

7.17224 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

5098

7.17500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

2221

7.18000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

3920

7.18500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

10801

7.19000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

8013

7.19500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

46213

7.20000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

9229

7.20500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

17

7.21000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

5270

7.21500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

529

7.22000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

1620

7.22500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

24014

7.23000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

4000

7.23500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

13519

7.24000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

4482

7.24500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

25616

7.25000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

13475

7.25500 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

13152

7.26000 GBP

Ordinary

Buy

 

4984

7.27000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

36711

7.00000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

10926

7.00500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

9772

7.01000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

8726

7.01500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

3978

7.02000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

12264

7.02500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

1902

7.03000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

15331

7.03500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

9303

7.06000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

2070

7.07000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

8386

7.07500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

6290

7.08000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

3340

7.08500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

13278

7.11000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

11001

7.11500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

13004

7.12000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

3239

7.12500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

8613

7.13000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

14867

7.13500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

27294

7.14000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

8963

7.14500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

55430

7.15000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

16329

7.15500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

13912

7.16000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

76367

7.16500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

259791

7.17000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

675667

7.17224 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

383358

7.17500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

38851

7.18000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

61861

7.18500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

12548

7.19000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

10482

7.19500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

295924

7.20000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

61447

7.20500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

17870

7.21000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

10713

7.21500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

6350

7.22000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

7953

7.22500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

102394

7.23000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

3509

7.23500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

4690

7.24000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

10927

7.24500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

1571

7.25000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

1009

7.25500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

2412

7.26000 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

5609

7.27500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

3591

7.28500 GBP

Ordinary

Sell

 

160715

7.30000 GBP

TOTAL BUY :

 

1516395

TOTAL SALE :

 

2530538

 

(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

 

 

 

(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

 

 

 

(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)

 

 

 

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

 

 

(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

 

 

(c) Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES/NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

16 June 2010

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.

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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