REG - UBS AG (EPT) Hong Kong Exc.& Clrg LondonStockExGroup - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) -London Stock Exchange Group plc

Hong Kong Exchanges and ClearingAnnouncement

04/10/2019 11:25

RNS Number : 8354O
UBS AG (EPT)
04 October 2019
 


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:


            UBS Investment Bank, London




(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree


            London Stock Exchange Group plc




(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:


Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited         
 




(d) Date dealing undertaken:


            03 October 2019




(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"


No



 
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




6 79/86 p ordinary


Buy
 


139908


71.72000        GBP


70.08000        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


Sell
 


120704


71.72000        GBP


70.30000        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




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


1176


71.68        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


287


71.109268        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


345


71.048963        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


4106


71.134491        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


1267


71.19722178        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


589


71.4960630186757        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


16026


71.3594658679646        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


833


71.5260144057623        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


500


71.21262        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


2


71.58        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


13213


71.026241        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


577


70.919333        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Long


1284


71.335476        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


8160


71.68        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


23200


71.054161        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


12


71.72360948
GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


32


70.08        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


1290


70.971127        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


1028


71.356554        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


16457


71.55339665
GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


2155


71.353151        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


58


71.2341        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


4110


71.52989924
GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


637


70.780722        GBP




6 79/86 p ordinary


CFD
 


Short


3239


71.54678        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





































 
(ii)        Exercise
 



Class of relevant security


Product description
e.g. call option


Exercising/ exercised against


Number of securities


Exercise price per unit




















 
 



 
(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)








 
 











 
 
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:


04 October 2019




Contact name:


Wendy Dent




Telephone number:


+44 (0)207 568 1245



 
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk
 
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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