Picture of Morgan Stanley logo

MS Morgan Stanley News Story

0.000.00%
us flag iconLast trade - 00:00
FinancialsBalancedLarge CapNeutral

REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. Smart Metering Sys - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Replacement of Smart Metering

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20231208:nRSH3872Wa&default-theme=true

RNS Number : 6851W  Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc  13 December 2023

AMENDMENT(2(a), 2(b))

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  Smart Metering Systems plc
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Sienna Bidco Limited (a company wholly-owned by funds advised by KKR)
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    07 December 2023
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    N/A
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 

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

 1p ordinary                 SALES             2,383,848                   9.7000 GBP                            9.5300 GBP
 1p ordinary                 PURCHASES         3,762,020                   9.7046 GBP                            9.5450 GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     16,672                          9.5471 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     2,811                           9.5650 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     4,232                           9.5650 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     15,838                          9.5671 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     718                             9.5974 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     174                             9.6000 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     20,363                          9.6028 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    4,690                           9.5548 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    33,314                          9.5548 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    9,557                           9.5796 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    571,933                         9.5800 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    4,010                           9.5807 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    5,241                           9.5931 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    13,689                          9.5965 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    28,770                          9.5966 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    131                             9.6000 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    15,769                          9.6000 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    394                             9.6038 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    4,232                           9.6156 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     26                              9.5680 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     244                             9.5680 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     76,271                          9.5742 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     100,500                         9.5817 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     4,804                           9.5974 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    3,113                           9.5700 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    25,128                          9.5700 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    15,495                          9.5719 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    6,264                           9.5719 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    12,528                          9.5796 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    6,226                           9.5796 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    50,256                          9.5796 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    30,990                          9.5796 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    519                             9.6000 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    34,703                          9.6565 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    40,876                          9.6565 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    76,433                          9.6565 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    2,936                           9.6565 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    5,390                           9.6565 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    1,016                           9.6620 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    6,508                           9.6620 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    14,333                          9.6620 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    550                             9.6620 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    7,664                           9.6620 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    366                             9.6945 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    677                             9.6945 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    4,337                           9.6945 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    5,110                           9.6945 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    9,556                           9.6945 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    732                             9.7045 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    1,349                           9.7045 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    19,105                          9.7045 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    10,220                          9.7045 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    8,679                           9.7045 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       123,177                         9.5548 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       776                             9.5779 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       4,269                           9.5796 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       32,312                          9.5796 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       7,011                           9.5796 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       7,252                           9.5796 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       3,854                           9.5835 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       76,271                          9.5849 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       100,500                         9.5947 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       3                               9.6000 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       2,932                           9.6275 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      20,464                          9.5471 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      2,763                           9.5471 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      15,737                          9.5471 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      3,944                           9.5471 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      34,659                          9.5471 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      14,850                          9.5671 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      33,028                          9.5671 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      3,824                           9.5671 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      19,438                          9.5671 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      2,615                           9.5671 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      27,431                          9.5867 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      63                              9.5900 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      4,916                           9.6028 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      42,465                          9.6028 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      19,092                          9.6028 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      24,992                          9.6028 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      3,362                           9.6028 GBP
 1p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      519                             9.6250 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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.
 N/A                         N/A                                   N/A                                         N/A                                           N/A                      N/A                            N/A          N/A

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option
 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               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion
 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:  13 December 2023
 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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  FERGPGPPPUPWGCW

Recent news on Morgan Stanley

See all news