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

FutureAnnouncement

29/01/2021 10:20

RNS Number : 3671N
  
GoldmanSachs International
  
29 January 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:


28 January 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


304,479


17.7200 GBP


16.7200 GBP




15p ordinary


Sales


280,620


17.7200 GBP


16.7200 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


Increasing a short position


1,780


16.8807 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


2


17.1964 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


10


17.1974 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


36


17.1978 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


453


17.1978 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


3


17.2395 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


65


17.2402 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


800


17.2403 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


16


17.2404 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


1,442


17.2534 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


5,456


17.2698 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


50


17.2956 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


448


17.3027 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


14,742


17.3027 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


675


17.6019 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


323


17.6019 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


1,001


17.6019 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


831


17.6019 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


3,013


17.6019 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


1,122


17.6019 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


2,185


17.6019 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


48


17.6226 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a short position


6,873


17.6295 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


3,034


24.0302 USD



 
 
 
(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:


29 January 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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