25th Feb 2014 11:48
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 | Dixons Retail Plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Dixons Retail Plc |
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 24 February 2014 |
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | YES Carphone Warehouse
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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: | 248247 | 0.01% | 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: | 248247 | 0.01% | 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 |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 1666 | 0.46720 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3645 | 0.46810 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 6365 | 0.46840 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 5665 | 0.46890 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 4433 | 0.46900 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 8041 | 0.46910 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 5032 | 0.46990 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 5000 | 0.47020 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3812 | 0.47030 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 4528 | 0.47270 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3412 | 0.47530 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 10232 | 0.47570 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 6768 | 0.47780 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 5576 | 0.47860 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 10149 | 0.47940 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 6135 | 0.47990 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3623 | 0.48190 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3941 | 0.48350 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3532 | 0.48490 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 6203 | 0.48520 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3639 | 0.48530 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 5786 | 0.48580 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3919 | 0.48590 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 11552 | 0.48600 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3714 | 0.48610 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3358 | 0.48650 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 4391 | 0.48910 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 17501 | 0.48920 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 2838 | 0.48970 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 5040 | 0.49100 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 8775 | 0.49200 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 4574 | 0.49330 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 2597 | 0.49380 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 2786 | 0.49390 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 16820 | 0.49400 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 4310 | 0.49550 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 3617 | 0.49880 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 4333 | 0.49990 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 104124 | 0.50300 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 4027 | 0.50850 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 5460 | 0.50650 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 5124 | 0.50875 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 8004 | 0.46810 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 6110 | 0.46820 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3660 | 0.46850 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 5753 | 0.46860 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 4794 | 0.46870 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 5665 | 0.46900 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 15266 | 0.46910 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 8041 | 0.46920 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 2895 | 0.46980 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 4416 | 0.47000 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3021 | 0.47010 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3812 | 0.47040 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 11928 | 0.47050 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 5285 | 0.47110 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3875 | 0.47150 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3324 | 0.47250 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 4277 | 0.47280 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 6336 | 0.47290 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 7134 | 0.47300 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 14165 | 0.47540 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 924 | 0.47790 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 5903 | 0.47870 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 15967 | 0.47950 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3449 | 0.47970 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 6003 | 0.48010 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3395 | 0.48200 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3941 | 0.48360 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3911 | 0.48580 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 4073 | 0.48590 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 16176 | 0.48600 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 7935 | 0.48610 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 7331 | 0.48620 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3250 | 0.48690 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3406 | 0.48960 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3902 | 0.48980 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 5040 | 0.49130 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 7279 | 0.49260 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 2644 | 0.49265 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3670 | 0.49320 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 3878 | 0.49340 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 10039 | 0.49350 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 7969 | 0.49360 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 7593 | 0.49400 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 17279 | 0.49480 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 31077 | 0.49500 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 2614 | 0.49485 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 4310 | 0.49560 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 6173 | 0.50050 GBP |
TOTAL BUY :
| 336043 | ||
TOTAL SALE :
| 326892 |
(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: | 25 February 2014 |
| 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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