2nd Jul 2019 13:28
Amendment - due to the amendment of Equity and Derivative transactions, the disclosure made on 01 July for dealings on 28 June has been updated. Sections 2(a) and 2(b) have been updated.
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: | (GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | MERLIN ENTERTAINMENT PLC |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | MERLIN ENTERTAINMENT PLC |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 28 June 2019 |
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | N/A |
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
1p ordinary | Purchases | 15,237,428 | 4.5168 GBP | 4.4900 GBP |
1p ordinary | Sales | 5,537,972 | 4.5140 GBP | 3.9421 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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 |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 110,000 | 3.9421 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 30,000 | 3.9422 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 251 | 4.4910 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 5,460 | 4.4910 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 16,407 | 4.4910 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 126,000 | 4.4919 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 47,353 | 4.4921 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 6,931 | 4.4921 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 35,335 | 4.4921 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 11,244 | 4.4921 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 30,496 | 4.4921 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 68,956 | 4.4930 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 90,242 | 4.4936 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,038 | 4.4937 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 3,262 | 4.4943 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 6,786 | 4.4943 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 195,000 | 4.4951 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,718 | 4.4951 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 10,704 | 4.4951 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 51,338 | 4.4951 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 10,603 | 4.4951 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 13,688 | 4.4951 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 26,115 | 4.4951 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 72,385 | 4.4951 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 11,385 | 4.4959 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 635 | 4.4959 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 455 | 4.4959 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,000 | 4.4964 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 31,336 | 4.4967 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 1,346,337 | 4.4967 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 9,518 | 4.4967 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 116,539 | 4.4967 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 148,029 | 4.4967 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 47,001 | 4.4967 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 174,809 | 4.4967 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 14,276 | 4.4967 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 222,045 | 4.4967 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 2,019,506 | 4.4967 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 1,709 | 4.4974 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 111 | 4.4978 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 8 | 4.4995 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 4 | 4.4995 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 266 | 4.4998 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 168 | 4.4998 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 68 | 4.4999 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 25,000 | 4.5006 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 100,000 | 4.5009 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 110,000 | 4.5010 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 810 | 4.5011 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 3,488 | 4.5011 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 40,021 | 4.5011 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 192 | 4.5011 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 593 | 4.5012 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,395 | 4.5012 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 46,432 | 4.5012 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 3,677 | 4.5012 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 155 | 4.5013 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,935 | 4.5013 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 66,391 | 4.5013 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,843 | 4.5013 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 9,931 | 4.5013 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,476 | 4.5013 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,412 | 4.5013 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 174 | 4.5014 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 750 | 4.5014 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 5,055 | 4.5014 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 41 | 4.5014 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 10,797 | 4.5015 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 584 | 4.5016 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 90,319 | 4.5016 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 8,175 | 4.5016 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 92 | 4.5016 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 167 | 4.5017 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 217 | 4.5017 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,464 | 4.5017 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 258 | 4.5017 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,004 | 4.5017 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 18,746 | 4.5019 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 27 | 4.5022 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 114 | 4.5022 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,167 | 4.5022 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 6 | 4.5022 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 1,106 | 4.5022 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,040 | 4.5022 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 880,000 | 4.5023 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 163 | 4.5023 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 82 | 4.5023 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 759 | 4.5023 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 101,196 | 4.5024 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 211 | 4.5024 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 635 | 4.5024 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 575 | 4.5025 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 362 | 4.5025 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 974 | 4.5026 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 5,187 | 4.5026 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 34 | 4.5026 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 16,193 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,727 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 3,001 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 229,100 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 803,308 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 68,801 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 52,393 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 33,605 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 104,003 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 74,474 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 126,188 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 9,714 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 9,879 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 63,728 | 4.5027 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 3,561 | 4.5028 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,617 | 4.5028 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 606 | 4.5029 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 90 | 4.5029 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 160 | 4.5029 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 99 | 4.5029 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 25,501 | 4.5038 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 211,298 | 4.5039 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 150,000 | 4.5040 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 3 | 4.5044 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 50,000 | 4.5044 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 262,500 | 4.5045 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 737,500 | 4.5045 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 58 | 4.5046 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 8 | 4.5046 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 5,991 | 4.5052 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 10,922 | 4.5053 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,867 | 4.5054 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 50,000 | 4.5056 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 424 | 4.5059 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 8,418 | 4.5062 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,256 | 4.5062 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 500,000 | 4.5066 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 370 | 4.5075 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 381 | 4.5076 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 53,352 | 4.5078 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 500,000 | 4.5082 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,064 | 4.5082 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 158 | 4.5082 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a long position | 5,432 | 4.5088 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 30,000 | 4.5100 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 1,829 | 4.5100 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 51,054 | 4.5100 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 5,460 | 4.5100 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 100,000 | 4.5101 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 1,416,702 | 4.5127 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 315,000 | 4.5132 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 737,500 | 4.5145 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 262,500 | 4.5145 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing a short position | 737,500 | 4.5145 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 262,500 | 4.5145 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 60,179 | 4.5168 GBP |
1p ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 2,143 | 5.7110 USD |
1p ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 2,143 | 5.7110 USD |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(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) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising / exercised against | 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) |
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3. 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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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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| Date of disclosure: | 02 July 2019 |
| Contact name: | Kashif Rafiq and Papa Lette |
| Telephone number: | +44(20) 7051 0547 / +44(20) 7774 7442 |
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 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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