12th Mar 2018 14:26
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 154,020 TO 2,454,012
INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 930,097 TO 1,984,640
ADDED EQUITY SWAP PURCHASES OF 930,097
ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 154,020
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: | 07 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 | 2,454,012
1,984,640 | 13.5050
13.4906 | 13.3500
13.3549 |
(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 | 16,151 595 552 522,253 401 34 1,848 391,693 1,313 658 4,091 17,465 3,929 12,024 14,314 2,784 6,870 2,927 160 70 9,134 6,870 14,211 26,418 28,912 3,838 2,944 1,100 5,706 26,225 328 5 6,010
552,065 35,014 8,171 311 3,493 3,356 11,364 314,295 7,173 72,439 2,407 1,782 15,108 250,000 163 1,220 150,000 4,020 150,000 | 13.3550 GBP 13.3621 GBP 13.3646 GBP 13.3722 GBP 13.3770 GBP 13.3773 GBP 13.3785 GBP 13.3795 GBP 13.3844 GBP 13.3887 GBP 13.3901 GBP 13.3906 GBP 13.3987 GBP 13.3990 GBP 13.4027 GBP 13.4038 GBP 13.4075 GBP 13.4103 GBP 13.4121 GBP 13.4173 GBP 13.4184 GBP 13.4193 GBP 13.4196 GBP 13.4203 GBP 13.4214 GBP 13.4246 GBP 13.4261 GBP 13.4266 GBP 13.4390 GBP 13.4394 GBP 13.4491 GBP 13.4837 GBP 13.4906 GBP
13.3600 GBP 13.3607 GBP 13.3833 GBP 13.3867 GBP 13.3899 GBP 13.3901 GBP 13.3906 GBP 13.3978 GBP 13.3985 GBP 13.4019 GBP 13.4038 GBP 13.4084 GBP 13.4115 GBP 13.4194 GBP 13.4203 GBP 13.4401 GBP 13.4438 GBP 13.4567 GBP 18.6025 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: | 12 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.
Related Shares:
Sky