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

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RNS Number : 8185L
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
23 April 2018
 
AMENDMENT Section (2a)
 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  FirstGroup plc
 relates:
      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Apollo Management IX L.P.
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    19 APRIL 2018
 (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today  disclosing, under the     No
 Code in respect of any other party to this offer?
 
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          761,421                           1.1660 GBP                              1.1300 GBP
  5p ordinary                   SALES              820,164                           1.1650 GBP                              1.1320 GBP
 
 
(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions
 
  Class of relevant security    Product description               Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities    Price per unit
                                           e.g. CFD              e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                                 position
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           3,759                             1.1386 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           7,931                             1.1386 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           42,706                            1.1386 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           388                               1.1389 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           22,093                            1.1394 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           8,914                             1.1399 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           3,631                             1.1399 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           41,623                            1.1399 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           27,880                            1.1400 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           63,725                            1.1440 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           5,500                             1.1440 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           3,132                             1.1440 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           7,375                             1.1440 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           4,763                             1.1440 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           3,668                             1.1440 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           2,536                             1.1440 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           9,527                             1.1452 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           5,107                             1.1460 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           30,000                            1.1540 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          2,622                             1.1370 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          3,281                             1.1380 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          30,000                            1.1382 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          5,097                             1.1383 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          215                               1.1414 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          476                               1.1417 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          27,880                            1.1422 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          34,000                            1.1424 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          74,864                            1.1427 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          8,800                             1.1434 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          13,500                            1.1434 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          162,949                           1.1442 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          8,309                             1.1491 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          1,127                             1.1493 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          31,893                            1.1509 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           38,364                            1.1434 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           15,109                            1.1464 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:  23 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 (mailto: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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
 
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