19th Jul 2017 10:12
AMENDMENT Section (2a, 2b)
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: | Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Sky Plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
| Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 17 JULY 2017 |
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | Yes |
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 |
50p ordinary | PURCHASES | 1,032,021 | 9.7250 GBP | 9.6750 GBP |
50p ordinary | SALES | 923,452 | 9.7225 GBP | 9.6800 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 |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 10 | 9.6800 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 713 | 9.6866 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 230,000 | 9.6870 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,319 | 9.6884 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 7,818 | 9.6906 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 8,095 | 9.6919 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 11,051 | 9.6977 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 7,560 | 9.6979 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 13,086 | 9.6984 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 59,060 | 9.7010 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 46,186 | 9.7053 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 4,966 | 9.7090 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 30,913 | 9.7095 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 8,313 | 9.7100 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 6,801 | 9.7100 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 7,163 | 9.7142 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 200 | 9.6750 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 20,377 | 9.6950 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,179 | 9.6953 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 15,525 | 9.6966 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 727 | 9.6975 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 930 | 9.6975 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,794 | 9.7005 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 77,848 | 9.7014 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 11,319 | 9.7024 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 47,058 | 9.7025 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 10,675 | 9.7048 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 2,298 | 9.7049 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 276 | 9.7049 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 54,040 | 9.7052 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 10,111 | 9.7073 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 13,310 | 9.7100 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 2,274 | 9.7138 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 10,555 | 9.7145 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 51,206 | 9.7164 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 44,302 | 9.7175 GBP |
(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 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(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) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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
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| Date of disclosure: | 19 JULY 2017 |
| Contact name: | Craig Horsley |
| Telephone number: | +44(141) 245 7736 |
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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