REG - I Squared Capital FirstGroup PLC - Form 8 (OPD) - FirstGroup plc

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RNS Number : 5598O  I Squared Capital Advisors (UK) LLP  13 June 2022

FORM 8 (OPD)

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER

Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.             KEY INFORMATION

 

 (a)  Full name of discloser:                                                     I Squared Capital Advisors (UK) LLP
 (b)  Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if          Primo Holdings Ltd
 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.
 (c)  Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this       FirstGroup plc
 form relates:

        Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (d)  Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree                                 OFFEROR

 (e)  Date position held:                                                         10 June 2022

        The latest practicable date prior to disclosure
 (f)  In addition to the Company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making           N/A
 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

        If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "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:                                            Ordinary shares of 5p each

                                                                        Interests           Short positions

                                                                        Number     %        Number    %
 (1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                      1,849,495  0.25     Nil       Nil
 (2)  Cash-settled derivatives:                                         Nil        Nil      Nil       Nil

 (3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to   Nil        Nil      Nil       Nil
 purchase/sell:
                                                                        1,849,495  0.25     Nil       Nil

        TOTAL:

 

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:   None
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  None

 

 

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:

 UBS financial services: 415 ordinary shares of 5p each

 

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:  13 June 2022
 Contact name:        Charlotte Dixon
 Telephone number:    020 3962 8909

 

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@thetakeoverpanel.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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