RNS Number : 9254F
UBS AG (EPT)
26 February 2018
 

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:

UBS Investment Bank, London

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Melrose Industries plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

GKN Plc

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

23 February 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"

YES GKN Plc

 

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

48/7p ordinary

Buy

 

953111

2.27701        GBP

2.26237      GBP

48/7p ordinary

Sell

 

1145006

2.27650        GBP

2.26237      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

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

23616

2.26924627371274        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

13600

2.269382        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1906

2.2715        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

13867

2.268076        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

10956

2.26658999634903        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

51044

2.26901966930491        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

6565

2.26929931454684        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1435

2.26639024390244        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

18494

2.26735968422191        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

9506

2.26452030296655        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

7709

2.269322        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

120709

2.26798        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1036

2.267475        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3773

2.271241        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2025

2.273799        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4998

2.273125        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

258

2.2697        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

443023

2.26462        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8270

2.270993        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

80183

2.26982204        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1958

2.26580193        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1700

2.270882        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

7900

2.269544        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

418914

2.26913386        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

754

2.27096784        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

964

2.26875236        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

11200

2.270411        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3700

2.270968        GBP

48/7p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

16300

2.270509        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









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit





 

 

 

(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)


 

 



 

 

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

 

 

(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

 

 

Date of disclosure:

26 February 2018

Contact name:

Wendy Dent

Telephone number:

+44 (0)207 568 1245

 

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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk

 

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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