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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement

18th Jun 2010 14:03

RNS Number : 8813N
UBS AG (EPT)
18 June 2010
 



This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement reference 7843N released at 10:33 a.m. on the 17th June 2010. Amendment made to the total number of securities purchased 2(a), and deletion of a 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:

16 June 2010

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

YES/NO

If YES, specify which:

 

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

 

6170585

7.0656

GBP

6.99000 GBP

50p ordinary

Sell

 

5383911

7.062244

GBP

6.99000 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

159000

7.02 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

76945

7.00

GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2995

6.995 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

5000

7.01 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

125000

7.024 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

100000

6.993499 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

30000

7.055 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

100533

7.016087 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

433000

7.0656 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

480000

7.015119 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6818

7.020144 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

27178

6.994657 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1184

7.027 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

50000

7.019911 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2370

7.00 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

60100

7.0253 GBP

50p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

20000

7.020681 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

50p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

60000

7.0 GBP

American

20 August 2010

0.17 GBP

50p ordinary

Put

Purchasing

60000

7.0 GBP

American

20 August 2010

0.1125 GBP

50p ordinary

Put

Purchasing

145000

7.0 GBP

American

20 August 2010

0.1125 GBP

50p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

145000

7.0 GBP

American

20 August 2010

0.17 GBP

50p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

180000

7.0 GBP

American

20 August 2010

0.17 GBP

50p ordinary

Put

Purchasing

180000

7.0 GBP

American

20 August 2010

0.1125 GBP

50p ordinary

Call

Purchasing

115000

7.0 GBP

American

20 August 2010

0.17 GBP

50p ordinary

Put

Purchasing

115000

7.0 GBP

American

20 August 2010

0.1125 GBP

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

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)

 

 

 

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

 

 

(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:

17 June 2010

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.

This information is provided by RNS
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