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

FutureAnnouncement

22/12/2020 09:30

RNS Number : 5118J
  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
  
22 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:


21 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


93,338


17.1800 GBP


16.5600 GBP




15p ordinary


SALES


113,297


17.3800 GBP


16.5400 GBP




15p ordinary


PURCHASES


83


22.6689 USD


22.6689 USD



 
(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


1


16.7800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,158


16.8175 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


6,519


16.9286 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


13,541


16.9311 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


2,068


16.9396 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


11,865


16.9912 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


13


17.0785 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,139


17.0800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,733


17.0800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


620


17.0800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


57


17.0800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


372


16.6605 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


3,639


16.7756 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


76


16.7800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


9


16.8411 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


2,579


16.8691 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


3,466


16.8691 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


2,860


16.8691 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,900


16.9213 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


2,726


16.9388 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,991


16.9545 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


30


16.9670 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


391


16.9759 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


2


16.9800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


83


16.9837 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


767


16.9850 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


288


17.0103 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


213


17.0151 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


583


17.0297 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


254


17.0780 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,778


17.0800 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:


22 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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