25th Feb 2014 11:44
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 | Dixons Retail Plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Dixons Retail Plc |
(d) Date 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. 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 |
2.5p ordinary | Buy
| 6891357 | 0.51850 GBP | 0.47060 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | Sell
| 10346014 | 0.52050 GBP | 0.46780 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 |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 29248 | 0.503349 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 362479 | 0.49904 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 384791 | 0.499736 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 350000 | 0.503695 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 844047 | 0.488812 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 71435 | 0.5081 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 120045 | 0.504249 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 118879 | 0.503649 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 1008798 | 0.503749 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 304221 | 0.503598 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 219867 | 0.496179 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 16359 | 0.497273 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 304223 | 0.5032 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 11850 | 0.504875 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 50047 | 0.494853 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 158509 | 0.4923 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 6700 | 0.494753 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 500000 | 0.4956 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 26796 | 0.495036 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 20156 | 0.503156 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 1695 | 0.477044 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 36758 | 0.503951 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 28303 | 0.497649 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 61630 | 0.47881426592884 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 186464 | 0.502268 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 635 | 0.491808 GBP |
2.5p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 44211 | 0.502494 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: | 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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