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

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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
02 May 2018
 
AMENDMENT Section (2b)
 
 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:                                                    30 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          434,168                           1.1480 GBP                              1.1290 GBP
  5p ordinary                   SALES              361,912                           1.1480 GBP                              1.1290 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                                                                           12,027                            1.1290 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           5,289                             1.1290 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           33,110                            1.1290 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           2                                 1.1290 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           2                                 1.1300 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           278                               1.1322 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           32,674                            1.1376 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           9                                 1.1386 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           953                               1.1386 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           16,803                            1.1386 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           4,047                             1.1399 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           704                               1.1420 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           20,000                            1.1424 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           1                                 1.1430 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           7,884                             1.1435 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               LONG                                                                           1,882                             1.1435 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          5,289                             1.1290 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          1,592                             1.1290 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          129,190                           1.1345 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          3,548                             1.1369 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          1,882                             1.1369 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          4,525                             1.1374 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          8,436                             1.1376 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          273                               1.1390 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          20,400                            1.1395 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          27,072                            1.1396 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          15,470                            1.1405 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          2,838                             1.1409 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          3,403                             1.1409 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          819                               1.1410 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          681                               1.1410 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          1,481                             1.1420 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          1,778                             1.1420 GBP
  5p ordinary                   CFD                               SHORT                                                                          3,400                             1.1442 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:  02 MAY 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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