20th Apr 2011 10:31
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: | 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 dealing undertaken: | 19 April 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. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(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 |
50p ordinary | Buy
| 2588083 | 8.3362 GBP | 6.95445 GBP |
50p ordinary | Sell
| 2578641 | 8.3362 GBP | 6.95445 GBP |
(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 |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 1129 | 8.320994 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 461 | 8.317646 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 50000 | 6.954448 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 75000 | 6.961000 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 270000 | 7.06706 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 85623 | 7.07060 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 250000 | 7.07913 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 10000 | 7.0824 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 90000 | 7.0856 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 100000 | 7.097129 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 112061 | 7.098098 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 100000 | 7.104531 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 200000 | 7.1056 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 89377 | 7.1238 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 50000 | 7.2318 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 28500 | 7.4624 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 250000 | 7.50099 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 100000 | 7.582608 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 85000 | 8.202523 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 100000 | 8.2696 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 100000 | 8.27166 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 100000 | 8.2813 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 100000 | 8.283626 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 200000 | 8.3362 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 100000 | 8.2813 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 100000 | 7.582608 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 100000 | 7.1045307 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 85623 | 7.07059995 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 250000 | 7.07913 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 85000 | 8.20252305 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 100000 | 8.283626 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 28500 | 7.4624 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 75000 | 6.961 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 100000 | 8.27166 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 100000 | 7.0971285 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 90000 | 7.0856 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 10000 | 7.0824 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 200000 | 8.3362 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 100000 | 8.2696 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 50000 | 6.954448 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 270000 | 7.06706 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 89377 | 7.12379997 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 200000 | 7.1056 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 250000 | 7.50099 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 50000 | 7.2318 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 112061 | 7.098098 GBP |
(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 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
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: 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 |
| Date of disclosure: | 20 April 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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