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

FutureAnnouncement

21/12/2020 09:40

RNS Number : 3484J
  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
  
21 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:


18 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


89,503


17.8200 GBP


17.2000 GBP




15p ordinary


SALES


101,096


17.8800 GBP


17.1953 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


9,182


17.1953 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


592


17.2190 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


176


17.2200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


15


17.2200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,732


17.2200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


876


17.2426 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


123


17.2492 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,473


17.2579 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


260


17.2706 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


2,741


17.2831 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


4,630


17.3207 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


10


17.3986 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


304


17.4251 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


354


17.4463 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


14


17.4840 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


12


17.4840 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


7


17.4840 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


57


17.4844 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


377


17.4941 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


271


17.5066 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


7,058


17.5340 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


776


17.6306 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,364


17.6819 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


687


17.6922 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,017


17.7000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


476


17.7496 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


200


17.2200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


952


17.2200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


4,000


17.2200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


2,547


17.2200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


271


17.2600 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


4,429


17.3082 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,989


17.3631 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


960


17.4422 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,496


17.4679 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,554


17.4679 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,871


17.4679 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


281


17.5212 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


719


17.5819 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


290


17.6632 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


283


17.6838 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


501


17.7992 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:


21 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.  
 
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
 
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