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

FutureAnnouncement

20/01/2021 11:05

RNS Number : 3241M
  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
  
20 January 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:


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:


19 January 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 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


45,517


17.8800 GBP


17.7400 GBP




15p ordinary


SALES


39,392


18.2200 GBP


17.6800 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


17.7495 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


166


17.7495 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


172


17.7500 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


83


17.7699 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


88


17.7790 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


364


17.7800 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


697


17.7960 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,915


17.7982 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


3,865


17.7988 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


314


17.8017 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


841


17.8019 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


8


17.8074 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,002


17.8074 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


503


17.8074 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


541


17.8074 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


122


17.8074 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


3,568


17.8074 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


103


17.8074 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


6,427


17.8083 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


352


17.8101 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


6,100


17.8166 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


284


17.8182 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


3,221


17.8196 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


2


17.8200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


104


17.8200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


108


17.8200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


4,393


17.8200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


691


17.8226 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


LONG


1,449


17.8281 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,059


17.7387 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


306


17.7939 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


2,876


17.8041 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


17


17.8053 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


2,113


17.8103 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


7


17.8103 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


3,163


17.8116 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


2,612


17.8116 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,450


17.8116 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


166


17.8200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


33


17.8200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


16


17.8200 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


23


17.8219 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


668


17.8335 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


1,754


17.8527 GBP




15p ordinary


CFD


SHORT


23,000


17.8570 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:


20 January 2021




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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