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

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23/12/2020 10:30

RNS Number : 6811J
  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
  
23 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:


22 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


21,094


17.3200 GBP


16.9600 GBP




15p ordinary


SALES


23,208


17.3400 GBP


17.0300 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


1,322


17.1400 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


39


17.1400 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


10,143


17.2028 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


8,588


17.2033 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,050


17.2108 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


280


17.2133 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


129


17.2719 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


244


17.0770 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


780


17.1400 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


120


17.1400 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,827


17.1417 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


129


17.1643 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,479


17.1790 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


735


17.1863 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


879


17.1921 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


912


17.1921 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,264


17.1921 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


198


17.1988 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,100


17.1998 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


3


17.2000 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


2,423


17.2037 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,480


17.2057 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


650


17.2057 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


250


17.2057 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


788


17.2200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


29


17.2200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


617


17.2366 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


595


17.2425 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


129


17.2502 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


682


17.2702 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:


23 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.
 
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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