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RNS Number : 4547T  UBS AG (EPT)  22 July 2022

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:                                                        UBS Investment Bank, London
 (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                    Firstgroup Plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                21 July 2022
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    NO
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 

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                 Buy               1718816                     1.34850        GBP                    1.28050        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 Sell              2729373                     1.34850        GBP                    1.28050        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                                                                           100000                          1.320227        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           993928                          1.31605685        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           2                               1.319        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           1492                            1.32486997319035        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           1716                            1.32487121212121        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           24922                           1.322768        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           56180                           1.33        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           1                               1.318        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           40878                           1.331462        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           3508                            1.331707        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           5293                            1.32697        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           18048                           1.325936        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           69995                           1.28924558        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           12612                           1.3246        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          9000                            1.32309666666667        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          44274                           1.32156        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          35100                           1.31024689        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          9000                            1.31424111111111        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          741                             1.322996        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          1848                            1.322208        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          1                               1.322        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          1786                            1.31229731243001        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          22826                           1.299658        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          2055                            1.31230608272506        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          412                             1.290024        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          200000                          1.32146        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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion

 

 

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:

 Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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:  22 July 2022
 Contact name:        Richard Howard
 Telephone number:    +44 (0)207 568 9128

 

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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