REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. Future PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Future plc

FutureAnnouncement

03/12/2020 11:45

RNS Number : 4703H
  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
  
03 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:


Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc




(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:


GoCo Group plc




(d) Date dealing undertaken:


02 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 this offer?
     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"


YES- 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


81,747


18.1200 GBP


17.6200 GBP




15p ordinary


SALES


618,419


18.1400 GBP


17.7000 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


LONG


402


17.7661 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,339


17.7890 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


535


17.8150 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,103


17.8267 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


2,476


17.8276 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


547


17.8387 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


365


17.8680 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


540,000


17.8800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,503


17.8903 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


782


17.8903 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


3,717


17.8903 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


204


17.8903 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


603


17.8903 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


339


17.8929 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


2,201


17.9178 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


568


17.9208 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,150


17.9210 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,073


17.9283 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


374


17.9535 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


340


17.9707 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


943


17.9956 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


8,507


17.9956 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1


18.0200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


12


18.0400 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


445


17.7939 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


606


17.8590 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,349


17.8783 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


180


17.8800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


21,206


17.9168 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


992


17.9177 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


618


17.9178 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,000


17.9178 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


105


17.9200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,515


17.9200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


164


17.9276 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


7,839


17.9276 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,109


17.9282 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


280


17.9282 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


329


17.9300 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


457


17.9661 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


649


17.9986 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


8,521


18.0236 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




N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A



 
(ii)        Exercise
 



Class of relevant security


Product description
e.g. call option


Exercising/ exercised against


Number of securities


Exercise price per unit




N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A



 
(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)




N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A



 
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:


03 December 2020




Contact name:


Craig Horsley




Telephone number:


+44 141 245-7736



 
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.  
 
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