11th Jul 2011 15:27
This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 0570K released at 11.41am on the 8th July 2011. Amendment made to total buys and sells in 2 (a) and an addition of two CFD's and deletion of one CFD in 2 (b). All other information remains unchanged.
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: | 07 July 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
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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 |
50p ordinary | Buy
| 4081112 | 8.27000 GBP | 8.06000 GBP |
50p ordinary | Sell
| 8907512 | 8.27000 GBP | 8.07000 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 | 500000 | 8.072873 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 500000 | 8.1587 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 250000 | 8.131475 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 500000 | 8.1643 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 194514 | 8.1378 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 18035 | 8.150992 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 500000 | 8.135 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 250000 | 8.08785 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 500000 | 8.14776 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 200000 | 8.0729 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 375000 | 8.106156 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 250000 | 8.125294 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 175000 | 8.1677 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 92500 | 8.092843 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 250000 | 8.1053 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 250000 | 8.12779 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 157500 | 8.095241 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 250000 | 8.115992 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 500000 | 8.11215 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 4482 | 8.124043 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 10000 | 8.123115 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 137100 | 8.0922 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 21408 | 8.099825 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 30000 | 8.067257 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 20000 | 8.129632 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 17177 | 8.148968 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 20000 | 8.131455 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 200000 | 8.105345 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 983 | 8.116754 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 150000 | 8.120613 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 150000 | 8.1672 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 125000 | 8.15614 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: | 08 July 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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