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RNS Number : 1687W  UBS AG (EPT)  16 August 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:                                                                15 August 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               330306                      1.29000        GBP                    1.25800        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 Sell              187991                      1.29000        GBP                    1.25800        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                                                                           29740                           1.26884599865501        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           48436                           1.2755        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           9751                            1.274325        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           1430                            1.270975        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           3018                            1.279932        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           7457                            1.289        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           12                              1.263        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           6                               1.288333        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           3548                            1.28893555        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           2576                            1.28898067        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Long                                                                           12                              1.26625        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          4887                            1.28270124820954        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          4352                            1.28269990808824        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          47686                           1.28024        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          5000                            1.271014        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          7004                            1.270674        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          2747                            1.28499997        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          14000                           1.27138571428571        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          9597                            1.289026        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          35668                           1.275221        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          642                             1.273653        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          7152                            1.289        GBP

 5p Ordinary                 CFD                  Short                                                                          100000                          1.2706        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:  16 August 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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