REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. FirstGroup PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - First Group Plc

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13/04/2018 10:45

RNS Number : 8722K
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
13 April 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:


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


FirstGroup plc




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


Apollo Management IX L.P.




(d) Date dealing undertaken:


12 APRIL 2018




(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today  disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?


No




 
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


 2,427,662


 1.1280 GBP


 1.0390 GBP




 5p ordinary


 SALES


 2,652,867


 1.1300 GBP


 1.0380 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


 LONG


 1


 1.0380 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 2


 1.0380 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 5


 1.0380 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.0440 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 4,000


 1.0460 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.0460 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 24,000


 1.0470 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.0494 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.0500 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 1,430


 1.0500 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 18,752


 1.0500 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 1,000


 1.0500 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.0500 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 14,590


 1.0521 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 2,485


 1.0521 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 1,229


 1.0521 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.0550 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 11,322


 1.0570 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 1,000


 1.0580 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 24,000


 1.0590 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 3,000


 1.0590 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 1,844


 1.0602 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,619


 1.0610 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 3,000


 1.0610 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 817


 1.0639 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 1,511


 1.0639 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 11,190


 1.0639 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 17,875


 1.0644 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 20,944


 1.0667 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 3,000


 1.0690 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 71,873


 1.0692 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 23,133


 1.0710 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.0750 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.0750 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 12,000


 1.0750 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 4,052


 1.0770 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 62,255


 1.0815 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 204,931


 1.0818 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 12,000


 1.0840 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 2,500


 1.0850 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 1,000


 1.0850 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 33,779


 1.0914 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 25,343


 1.0934 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 112,000


 1.0948 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 4,304


 1.0980 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 135,499


 1.0980 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 20,828


 1.1010 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.1010 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.1090 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 200,000


 1.1090 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.1110 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 155,500


 1.1116 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 12,000


 1.1120 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,267


 1.1120 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 3,000


 1.1130 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.1140 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 3,000


 1.1140 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 5,229


 1.1148 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,571


 1.1150 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 5,429


 1.1150 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.1180 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 24,000


 1.1190 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.1190 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 4,180


 1.1200 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 24,000


 1.1200 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.1230 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.1240 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 5,000


 1.1280 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 6,000


 1.1300 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0390 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 514


 1.0440 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0480 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 300


 1.0510 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0540 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,202


 1.0569 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0580 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 9,600


 1.0600 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0610 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 420


 1.0630 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 580


 1.0650 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 72,193


 1.0693 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0730 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 25,343


 1.0745 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0770 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0780 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0800 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0800 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0800 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0800 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0800 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0800 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 5,172


 1.0801 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 44,019


 1.0827 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0840 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 3,000


 1.0840 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 247,100


 1.0849 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0850 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,000


 1.0850 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 72,502


 1.0887 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 117,000


 1.0916 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 7,147


 1.0929 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 151,077


 1.0939 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 320


 1.0939 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 4,304


 1.0940 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 2,590


 1.0941 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 5,000


 1.1000 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 76,429


 1.1000 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 96,000


 1.1000 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 19,571


 1.1000 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 10,640


 1.1010 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 36,000


 1.1010 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 24,000


 1.1010 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 14,962


 1.1010 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 7,647


 1.1010 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 611


 1.1010 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 21


 1.1010 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 51,473


 1.1010 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 24,000


 1.1037 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 25,000


 1.1110 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 12,916


 1.1200 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 10,389


 1.0722 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 4,062


 1.0729 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
 




 
 
 
(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:


13 APRIL 2018




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 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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