15th May 2018 17:38
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 6,931 TO 3,489,776
INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 73,923 TO 1,236,773
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: | 08 May 2018 |
(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 | 3,489,776
1,236,773 | 13.7210
13.6397 | 13.4500
13.4525 |
(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 (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares | Equity Swaps | Long
Short | 465,395 512 26,333 10,822 68,137 2,079 3,706 4,111 9,099 510 1,648
274 25 408 754 899 488 55 12,071 50,000 224 137 118 136 88 1,108 669 592 200,000 673 1,040 2,813 553 1,908 1,162 1,051 1,195 12,834 724 634 686 5,788 2,860 2,635 2,997 6,676 17,629 1,985 275 15,926 866 49 1,329 417 15 32,298 374 3,122 170 2,479 7,351 2,481,000 | 13.4910 13.4933 13.4994 13.4997 13.5000 13.5133 13.5148 13.5226 13.5246 13.5398 13.6499
13.4860 13.4950 13.5010 13.5019 13.5020 13.5021 13.5043 13.5059 13.5102 13.5118 13.5122 13.5126 13.5127 13.5188 13.5198 13.5201 13.5202 13.5203 13.5205 13.5255 13.5257 13.5259 13.5268 13.5272 13.5280 13.5282 13.5285 13.5293 13.5295 13.5302 13.5306 13.5314 13.5322 13.5326 13.5340 13.5361 13.5399 13.5401 13.5405 13.5414 13.5426 13.5463 13.5477 13.5524 13.5544 13.5614 13.5683 13.5703 13.5857 13.5882 13.6500 |
(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) |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
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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) (GBP) |
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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: 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: | 15 May 2018 |
| Contact name: | Alwyn Basch |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 7407 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 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