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

FutureAnnouncement

04/02/2021 10:15

RNS Number : 0120O
  
GoldmanSachs International
  
04 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:


03 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


54,289


18.7400 GBP


17.7800 GBP




15p ordinary


Sales


45,680


18.7400 GBP


18.2600 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


2,268


18.4800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a long position


3


18.4800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


6


18.4900 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


4


18.4900 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


18


18.4900 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


4


18.4900 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


4


18.4900 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


13


18.4947 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


11


18.4947 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


11


18.4947 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


12


18.4947 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Opening a long position


100


18.4982 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


1,387


18.5032 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


3,706


18.5234 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


20,145


18.5332 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


34


18.5366 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


27


18.5366 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


27


18.5366 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a long position


29


18.5366 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


6


18.5412 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


2


18.5413 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


31


18.5417 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


117


18.5417 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


1,479


18.5418 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


45


18.5420 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


576


18.5420 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a long position


11


18.5422 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


6,954


18.5452 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


1,014


18.5477 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


Increasing a short position


3,155


18.5481 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 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.
 
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