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Melrose IndustriesAnnouncement

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RNS Number : 9042B
UBS AG (EPT)
15 January 2018
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
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
Melrose Industries plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
GKN Plc
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:
 For an open position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
12 January 2018
(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
GKN plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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(b), 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:

Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
23406
0.00%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
 
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
 TOTAL:
23406
0.00%
0
0.00%
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 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
Purchase/sale
Total number of securities
Highest price per unit paid/received
Lowest price per unit paid/received
48/7p ordinary
Buy
1095
2.26500 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
2429
2.26800 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1374
2.26900 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1266
2.27100 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
2444
2.27300 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
4380
2.27400 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1119
2.27500 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1272
2.27600 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1184
2.27700 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1067
2.27800 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
2194
2.27900 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
4613
2.28000 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
9426
2.28100 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1087
2.28200 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
3641
2.28300 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1258
2.28400 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1227
2.28500 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1088
2.28600 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
7004
2.28700 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
3213
2.28800 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
3508
2.29000 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
2490
2.29100 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
2401
2.29150 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1105
2.29200 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1563
2.29400 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1827
2.29600 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1087
2.29700 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
3596
2.29800 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
8605
2.29900 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
16094
2.30000 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
2495
2.30050 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
498
2.30100 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1211
2.30200 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Buy
1139
2.30400 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
1427
2.24100 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
665
2.24200 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
5200
2.24300 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
2096
2.25300 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
4607
2.25400 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
1600
2.25600 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
1637
2.25700 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
1879
2.25800 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
3978
2.25900 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
5998
2.27400 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
4793
2.27450 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
3353
2.27550 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
10686
2.27650 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
28954
2.27700 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
17062
2.27750 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
3899
2.27800 GBP

48/7p ordinary
Sell
2166
2.27900 GBP


TOTAL BUY :
100000



TOTAL SALE :
100000


(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




(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)



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 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
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
YES/NO
Date of disclosure:
 15 January 2018
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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