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

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17/04/2018 09:35

RNS Number : 1536L
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
17 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:


16 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


 418,147


 1.1310 GBP


 1.1020 GBP




 5p ordinary


 SALES


 489,531


 1.1320 GBP


 1.1030 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


 8,474


 1.1099 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 771


 1.1111 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 9,283


 1.1142 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 3,343


 1.1142 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 1,331


 1.1142 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 9,077


 1.1148 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 140,989


 1.1150 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 10,600


 1.1156 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 3,500


 1.1156 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 8,548


 1.1164 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 210


 1.1175 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 29,650


 1.1175 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 4,682


 1.1176 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 41


 1.1183 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 4


 1.1183 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 8


 1.1183 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 10,184


 1.1209 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 4,501


 1.1234 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 3


 1.1280 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 2


 1.1280 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 14


 1.1280 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 2,600


 1.1300 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 25,662


 1.1136 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 396


 1.1150 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 2,621


 1.1150 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,743


 1.1150 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 140


 1.1150 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 75


 1.1150 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 3,609


 1.1150 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 8,264


 1.1150 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 53,581


 1.1181 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 567


 1.1185 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 15,600


 1.1209 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,009


 1.1227 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 12,948


 1.1251 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 2,298


 1.1284 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 2,289


 1.1285 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 702


 1.1291 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 711


 1.1291 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 19,526


 1.1196 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 7,690


 1.1235 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:


17 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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