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

FutureAnnouncement

04/12/2020 11:25

RNS Number : 6228H
  
GoldmanSachs International
  
04 December 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:


03 December 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


134,947


17.9500 GBP


17.4000 GBP




15p ordinary


Sales


101,537


18.3400 GBP


17.3800 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


332


17.4729 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


130


17.4729 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


44


17.4729 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


121


17.4927 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


143


17.4927 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


5


17.4927 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


162


17.4972 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


192


17.4972 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


7


17.4972 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


262


17.4987 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


84


17.4987 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


37


17.4987 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


285


17.4992 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


123


17.4992 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


36


17.4992 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


156


17.5026 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


184


17.5026 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


7


17.5026 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


63


17.5056 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


40


17.5056 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


6


17.5056 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


117


17.5076 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


75


17.5076 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


12


17.5076 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


109


17.5120 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


193


17.5120 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


448


17.5120 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


54


17.5120 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


163


17.5120 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


134


17.5120 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


780


17.5120 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


106


17.5714 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


125


17.5714 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


5


17.5714 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


274


17.5826 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


126


17.5826 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


34


17.5826 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


2,539


17.6234 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


2,301


17.6643 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


837


17.7503 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


72


17.7642 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


126


17.7642 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


293


17.7642 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


37


17.7642 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


108


17.7642 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


89


17.7642 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


510


17.7642 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


1,339


17.7836 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


293


17.7836 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


204


17.7836 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


106


17.7958 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


68


17.7958 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


11


17.7958 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


1,279


17.7975 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a short position


46


17.8006 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a short position


1,067


17.8006 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a short position


1,257


17.8006 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


470


17.8046 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:


04 December 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.
 
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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