REG - Goldman Sachs (EPT) Future PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

FutureAnnouncement

27/11/2020 09:55

RNS Number : 7644G
  
GoldmanSachs International
  
27 November 2020
  
 

 
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:


26 November 2020




(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


527,187


17.2000 GBP


16.1800 GBP




15p ordinary


Sales


524,414


17.2000 GBP


16.2000 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 short position


690


16.2600 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a long position


122


16.3273 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


5,383


16.4167 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a short position


1,723


16.4167 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


36


16.5127 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


54


16.5127 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


7


16.5127 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


5,162


16.5240 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


1,651


16.5240 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


55


16.5949 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


9


16.5949 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


22


16.5949 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


4,217


16.5958 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


9


16.6000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


5


16.6000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


3


16.6000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


1


16.6000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


49


16.6000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a short position


10,440


16.6180 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


3,341


16.6180 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


3,195


16.7016 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


2


16.7700 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


1


16.7700 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


1


16.7700 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


122


16.7825 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


100


16.7825 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


12


16.7825 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


148


16.8139 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


122


16.8139 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


15


16.8139 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


992


16.8178 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


221


16.8226 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


216


16.8227 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


179


16.8227 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


22


16.8227 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


8,331


16.8241 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


2,416


16.8606 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


125


16.8696 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


105


16.8696 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


37


16.8696 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


145


16.9403 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


120


16.9403 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


15


16.9403 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


605


17.1190 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


501


17.1190 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


60


17.1190 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


406


17.1216 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


722


17.1216 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


1,668


17.1216 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


186


17.1216 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


298


17.1216 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


505


17.1216 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


2,531


17.1216 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a long position


2,200


17.1294 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


5,557


17.1355 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


122


17.1589 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a short position


2,925


17.1589 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a short position


457


17.2000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


232


17.2000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


633


17.2000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


1,335


17.2000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


2,034


17.2000 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:


27 November 2020




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.
 
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