REG - Goldman Sachs (EPT) FirstGroup PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Amendment

FirstgroupAnnouncement

18/04/2018 09:20

RNS Number : 3027L
GoldmanSachs International
18 April 2018
 

Amendment - due to the amendment of Derivative transactions, the disclosure made on 13 April for dealings on 12 April has been updated. Section 2(b) has been updated.
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:


(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL




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


FIRSTGROUP PLC




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


FIRSTGROUP PLC




(d) Date dealing undertaken:


12 April 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 the offer?
     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"


N/A



 
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




5p ordinary


Purchases


1,880,382


1.1204 GBP


1.0420 GBP




5p ordinary


Sales


1,339,188


1.1180 GBP


1.0390 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




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


52,124


1.0868 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


1,444


1.0950 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


2,655


1.0950 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


9,495


1.0950 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


4,147


1.0999 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


2,256


1.0999 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


14,827


1.0999 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Opening a short position


383,912


1.1004 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Opening a long position


8,600


1.1010 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Opening a long position


30,976


1.1010 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Opening a long position


4,043


1.1010 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


3,707


1.1010 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


42,679


1.1011 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


797


1.1049 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


1,468


1.1049 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


6,416


1.1049 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


7,959


1.1085 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


4,330


1.1085 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


28,465


1.1085 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Opening a short position


9,491


1.1106 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


4,538


1.1113 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


2,470


1.1113 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


16,231


1.1113 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


90,000


1.1115 GBP




5p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


9,491


1.1116 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:


18 April 2018




Contact name:


Kashif Rafiq and Papa Lette




Telephone number:


+44(20) 7051 0547 / +44(20) 7774 7442



 
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 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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