11th May 2017 08:43
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: | Morgan Stanley & Co. International 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: | 10 MAY 2017 |
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | Yes |
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 | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
50p ordinary | PURCHASES | 697,481 | 9.9900 GBP | 9.9300 GBP |
50p ordinary | SALES | 744,213 | 9.9850 GBP | 9.9300 GBP |
(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 |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 7,369 | 9.9399 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 581 | 9.9456 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,823 | 9.9456 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 22,760 | 9.9458 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 5,760 | 9.9466 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 2,020 | 9.9466 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 3,099 | 9.9472 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 1,805 | 9.9484 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 41,283 | 9.9512 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 5,400 | 9.9528 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 16,477 | 9.9528 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 40,662 | 9.9531 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 75,284 | 9.9581 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 11,542 | 9.9599 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 9,268 | 9.9608 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 24,596 | 9.9613 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 10,285 | 9.9623 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 38,700 | 9.9701 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 20,648 | 9.9750 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | LONG | 8 | 9.9800 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 10,000 | 9.9394 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 10,000 | 9.9394 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 2,142 | 9.9448 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 8 | 9.9450 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 15,447 | 9.9493 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 31,342 | 9.9512 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 14,585 | 9.9529 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 26,446 | 9.9551 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 42,483 | 9.9560 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 836 | 9.9649 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 173 | 9.9649 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 481 | 9.9649 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 2,074 | 9.9649 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 466 | 9.9650 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 382 | 9.9650 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 9,067 | 9.9654 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 16,879 | 9.9670 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 16,477 | 9.9735 GBP |
50p ordinary | CFD | SHORT | 1,499 | 9.9735 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 | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(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) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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
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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: | 11 MAY 2017 |
| Contact name: | Craig Horsley |
| Telephone number: | +44(141) 245 7736 |
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