22nd Mar 2018 15:26
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 10,724 TO 1,153,384
ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 10,724
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: | 19 March 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 | 1,153,384
1,931,794 | 13.1950
13.1800 | 13.1000
13.1000 |
(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 | 30 3,364 49,249 4,137 2,290 27,218 2,696 412 8,262 18,554 5,153 518 187 33,255 106 4,786 393 2,558 220 11,092 1,402 32 378 352 1,234 92 261 524 85 30,678 10,949 272 7,572 1,262 669 287 229 850,000
23,024 48,850 21 140 3,541 1,134 9,590 704 5,878 1,547 6,501 1,202 892 11,551 147,909 | 13.0970 GBP 13.0971 GBP 13.1100 GBP 13.1109 GBP 13.1111 GBP 13.1114 GBP 13.1132 GBP 13.1134 GBP 13.1135 GBP 13.1137 GBP 13.1140 GBP 13.1148 GBP 13.1152 GBP 13.1169 GBP 13.1171 GBP 13.1176 GBP 13.1178 GBP 13.1180 GBP 13.1181 GBP 13.1192 GBP 13.1199 GBP 13.1211 GBP 13.1259 GBP 13.1262 GBP 13.1333 GBP 13.1338 GBP 13.1340 GBP 13.1361 GBP 13.1418 GBP 13.1437 GBP 13.1547 GBP 13.1571 GBP 13.1619 GBP 13.1682 GBP 13.1719 GBP 13.1749 GBP 13.1799 GBP 13.1800 GBP
13.1000 GBP 13.1006 GBP 13.1010 GBP 13.1035 GBP 13.1124 GBP 13.1196 GBP 13.1197 GBP 13.1282 GBP 13.1284 GBP 13.1310 GBP 13.1450 GBP 13.1497 GBP 13.1623 GBP 13.1665 GBP 18.4620 USD |
(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: | 22 March 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.
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