REG - Goldman Sachs (EPT) Future PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)
RNS Number : 4136PGoldmanSachs International17 February 2021
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:
(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
FUTURE PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
FUTURE PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
16 February 2021
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
YES - disclosed previously for GOCO GROUP PLC
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
15p ordinary
Purchases
152,613
19.2600 GBP
18.6200 GBP
15p ordinary
Sales
189,776
19.1600 GBP
18.6200 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
15p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
10
18.8100 GBP
15p ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
10
18.8100 GBP
15p ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
1,529
18.8450 GBP
15p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
85
18.8609 GBP
15p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
73
18.8609 GBP
15p ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
26,432
18.8847 GBP
15p ordinary
CFD
Increasing a short position
6,840
18.8928 GBP
15p ordinary
CFD
Increasing a long position
77
18.8972 GBP
15p ordinary
CFD
Opening a long position
25,582
18.9000 GBP
15p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a short position
6,873
18.9000 GBP
15p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
37
18.9551 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
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising / exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
(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)
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:
17 February 2021
Contact name:
Paul Grainger and Kashif Rafiq
Telephone number:
+44(20) 7552 9835 / +44(20) 7051 0547
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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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