3rd Jan 2018 15:58
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 75 TO 2,920,149
INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 139,247 TO 1,619,430
ADDED EQUITY SWAP PURCHASES OF 338,292
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: | J.P. Morgan Securities 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: | 15 December 2017 |
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | N/A
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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 (GBP) | Lowest price per unit paid/received (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares
| Purchases
Sales | 2,920,149
1,619,430 | 10.1805
10.1800 | 9.9393
9.8975 |
(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
| |
Ordinary Shares | Equity Swaps
| Long
Short
| 25,000 3,678 470 6,893 3,196 5,435 1,715 4,473 89,432 29,387 53,477 12,587 371 4,526 3,096 100,000 200,000 200,000 14,039 200,000 3,375 8,905 1,840 17,931 141 100,000
100,000 350,000 100,000 250,000 1,673 200,000 500,000 220,000 12,998 5,249 41,807 7,783 21,180 180,000 11,991 250,000 60,134 41,820 7 | 9.9900 GBP 9.9963 GBP 9.9997 GBP 10.0042 GBP 10.0186 GBP 10.0307 GBP 10.0343 GBP 10.0372 GBP 10.0434 GBP 10.0452 GBP 10.0465 GBP 10.0600 GBP 10.0794 GBP 10.0803 GBP 10.0815 GBP 10.0899 GBP 10.0919 GBP 10.0949 GBP 10.0952 GBP 10.0999 GBP 10.1010 GBP 10.1505 GBP 10.1635 GBP 10.1762 GBP 10.1792 GBP 13.5462 USD
9.9474 GBP 9.9550 GBP 9.9575 GBP 9.9600 GBP 9.9676 GBP 9.9975 GBP 10.0000 GBP 10.0100 GBP 10.0445 GBP 10.0526 GBP 10.0533 GBP 10.0631 GBP 10.0694 GBP 10.0901 GBP 10.0963 GBP 10.1201 GBP 10.1246 GBP 10.1805 GBP 10.1807 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 (GBP) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares
|
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ Exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares |
(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) (GBP) |
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(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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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: | 03 January 2018 |
| Contact name: | Evangelos Galiatsatos |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 6148 |
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.
Related Shares:
Sky