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

FirstgroupAnnouncement

24/04/2018 11:05

RNS Number : 9325L
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
24 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:


23 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


 539,118


 1.1740 GBP


 1.1350 GBP




 5p ordinary


 SALES


 498,436


 1.1750 GBP


 1.1350 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


 72,933


 1.1350 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 8,743


 1.1350 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 8,575


 1.1400 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 8,352


 1.1459 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 3,402


 1.1459 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 39,000


 1.1459 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 40,751


 1.1463 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 3,587


 1.1463 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 7,568


 1.1463 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 1,023


 1.1538 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 2


 1.1550 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 1


 1.1550 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 13,091


 1.1550 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 9,109


 1.1660 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 14,500


 1.1720 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 36


 1.1350 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 9,384


 1.1415 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 3,256


 1.1421 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 89,471


 1.1449 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 8,743


 1.1449 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 153,232


 1.1449 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 9,109


 1.1467 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 589


 1.1472 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 72,900


 1.1474 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 4,898


 1.1495 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 600


 1.1495 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 4,900


 1.1495 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,349


 1.1607 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 1,004


 1.1673 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 9,000


 1.1726 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 SHORT


 8,000


 1.1734 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 75,815


 1.1481 GBP




 5p ordinary


 CFD


 LONG


 29,858


 1.1498 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:


24 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.
 



This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
END
 
 
FERBZLFLVZFBBBF