REG - Societe Generale SA Informa PLC - Form 8.3 - Informa Plc

InformaAnnouncement

15/05/2018 09:35

RNS Number : 1052O
Societe Generale SA
15 May 2018
 

FORM 8.3
 
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
 
1.         KEY INFORMATION
 




(a) Full name of discloser:


Société Générale S.A.




(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.








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


 Informa Plc




(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:








(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure


14/05/2018




(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"


YES: UBM Plc




 
2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
 
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
 
(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
 




Class of relevant security:
 


Ordinary




 
 


Interests


Short positions








Number


%


Number


%




(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:


6,288,508


0.76


828,755


0.10




(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
 


2,617,553


0.32


4,182,268


0.51




(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:


0


0.00


0


0.00




 
     TOTAL:


8,906,061


1.08


5,011,023


0.61




 
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
 
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
 
(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)
 




Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:








Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:








 
 
3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
 
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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


Purchase/sale


Number of securities


Price per unit
GBP




Ordinary


Purchase


3,700


7.59




Ordinary


Purchase


615


7.564




Ordinary


Purchase


846


7.576




Ordinary


Purchase


231


7.564




Ordinary


Purchase


874


7.572




Ordinary


Purchase


1,284


7.574




Ordinary


Purchase


2,385


7.574




Ordinary


Purchase


94


7.586




Ordinary


Purchase


750


7.586




Ordinary


Purchase


1,082


7.592




Ordinary


Purchase


1,082


7.592




Ordinary


Purchase


579


7.57




Ordinary


Purchase


395


7.586




Ordinary


Purchase


780


7.566




Ordinary


Purchase


1,144


7.566




Ordinary


Purchase


300


7.59




Ordinary


Purchase


247


7.57




Ordinary


Purchase


122


7.57




Ordinary


Purchase


724


7.57




Ordinary


Purchase


518


7.57




Ordinary


Purchase


846


7.576




Ordinary


Purchase


380


7.576




Ordinary


Purchase


581


7.564




Ordinary


Purchase


168


7.572




Ordinary


Purchase


801


7.572




Ordinary


Purchase


462


7.574




Ordinary


Purchase


178


7.588




Ordinary


Purchase


9


7.588




Ordinary


Purchase


655


7.588




Ordinary


Purchase


500


7.59




Ordinary


Purchase


193


7.586




Ordinary


Purchase


314


7.59




Ordinary


Sale


437


7.582




Ordinary


Sale


583


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


159


7.564




Ordinary


Sale


425


7.564




Ordinary


Sale


359


7.568




Ordinary


Sale


392


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


192


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


225


7.568




Ordinary


Sale


584


7.564




Ordinary


Sale


113


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


301


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


79


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


1,044


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


750


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


690


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


846


7.56




Ordinary


Sale


994


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


361


7.582




Ordinary


Sale


231


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


613


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


584


7.562




Ordinary


Sale


186


7.57




Ordinary


Sale


397


7.57




Ordinary


Sale


584


7.564




Ordinary


Sale


354


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


583


7.568




Ordinary


Sale


229


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


560


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


636


7.55




Ordinary


Sale


104


7.582




Ordinary


Sale


416


7.562




Ordinary


Sale


168


7.562




Ordinary


Sale


761


7.582




Ordinary


Sale


148


7.582




Ordinary


Sale


433


7.582




Ordinary


Sale


207


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


2,152


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


87


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


467


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


200


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


500


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


500


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


640


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


110


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


671


7.564




Ordinary


Sale


606


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


238


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


500


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


229


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


398


7.584




Ordinary


Sale


444


7.584




Ordinary


Sale


844


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


112


7.564




Ordinary


Sale


734


7.564




Ordinary


Sale


147


7.558




Ordinary


Sale


500


7.558




Ordinary


Sale


334


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


510


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


578


7.568




Ordinary


Sale


520


7.558




Ordinary


Sale


300


7.558




Ordinary


Sale


500


7.55




Ordinary


Sale


493


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


23


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


66


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


101


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


516


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


166


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


43


7.566




Ordinary


Sale


19


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


394


7.58




Ordinary


Sale


839


7.554




Ordinary


Sale


7


7.554




Ordinary


Sale


100,000


7.569059




Ordinary


Sale


39,021


7.5773272




Ordinary


Sale


80,974


7.57732728




Ordinary


Sale


34,975


7.56208946




Ordinary


Sale


16,854


7.56208926




Ordinary


Sale


25,356


7.58923432




Ordinary


Sale


115,942


7.58923416




Ordinary


Sale


55,872


7.58923426








Total Purchases


22,839












Total Sales


500,210








 
           
 
(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 GBP




Ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


100,000


7.569059




Ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


39,021


7.5773272




Ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


80,974


7.57732728




Ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


34,975


7.56208946




Ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


16,854


7.56208926




Ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


25,356


7.58923432




Ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


115,942


7.58923416




Ordinary


CFD


Reducing a short position


55,872


7.58923426




 
(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 GBP






































 
(ii)        Exercise
 




Class of relevant security


Product description
e.g. call option


Exercising/ exercised against


Number of securities


Exercise price per unit GBP




















 
 




 
(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) GBP








 
 












4.         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 person 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"




 
 
 




 
(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
 




Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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"




 
 
 




 
(c)        Attachments
 




Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?


NO




 
 




Date of disclosure:


15/05/2018




Contact name:


Olivier Vero




Telephone number:


+44 20 7676 6969




 
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 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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