REG - Aston Martin Lagonda - Form 8 (OPD)

Aston Martin Lagonda Global HoldingsAnnouncement

29/07/2019 12:05

RNS Number : 0600H
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Hld PLC
29 July 2019
 


FORM 8 (OPD) - AMENDED
 
AMENDED PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER
Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
 
Form revised from the version released on 15 July 2019 to amend interests disclosed in section 3
 
1.         KEY INFORMATION
 




(a) Full name of discloser:


Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc




(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.


N/A




(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree


Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc - OFFEREE




(d) Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree?


OFFEREE




(e) Date position held:
     The latest practicable date prior to the disclosure


22 July 2019




(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"


N/A
 




 
2.         POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
 
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
 
(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates
 




Class of relevant security:
 


 




 
 


Interests


Short positions




Number


%


Number


%




(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:


NIL


 


NIL


 




(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
 


NIL


 


NIL


 




(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:


NIL


 


NIL


 




 
     TOTAL:


NIL


 


NIL


 




 
 
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
 
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
 
Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).
 
(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities
 




Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:


N/A




Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:


N/A




 
 
3.         POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
 




Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe (including directors' and other employee options) of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure:




 
Interests of Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc's directors (including their close relatives and related trusts) in its shares
 




Director


Ordinary Shares


% of issued share capital (excluding treasury shares)




Penny Hughes


6,000


< 0.01%




Dr Andy Palmer


1,410,763


0.62%




Mark Wilson


199,999


0.09%




Richard Solomons


526


< 0.01%




Najeeb Al Humaidhi


26,315


0.01%




Amr Ali Abdallah AbouelSeoud


26,315


0.01%




Saoud Al Humaidhi


-


0




Lord Matthew Carrington


-


0




Mahmoud Samy Mohamed Aly El Sayed


26,315


0.01%




Peter Espenhahn


526


< 0.01%




Dante Razzano


26,315


0.01%




Peter Rogers


-


0




Imelda Walsh


526


< 0.01%




Tensie Whelan


-


0




 
Directors' short positions and rights to subscribe (including options)
 
Pursuant to the terms of the Long-Term Incentive Plan 2018 of Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc, the directors named below have been granted nil-cost options over ordinary shares as follows (subject to performance conditions, vesting and holding periods and malus and clawback provisions):
 
·      Dr Andy Palmer - 262,135 ordinary shares; and
·      Mark Wilson - 61,893 ordinary shares.
 
 
Interests held by other persons deemed to be acting in concert with Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc
 




Name


Number of ordinary shares


Percentage of existing issued share capital




Estera Trust, as the EBT


2,800,697


1.23%




 




 
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
 
Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).
 
4.         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 party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it:
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 party to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, 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
 




 
(c)        Attachments
 
Are any Supplemental Forms attached?
 




Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)


NO




Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)


NO




 
 




Date of disclosure:


29 July 2019




Contact name:


Catherine Sukmonowski
Company Secretary




Telephone number:


+44 (0)7876 089 876




 
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 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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