REG - UBS AG (EPT) Niox Group PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Niox Group plc

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RNS Number : 9029B  UBS AG (EPT)  24 March 2025

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              Niox Group plc
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is                    Niox Group plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                21 March 2025
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    NO
 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

 0.08p ordinary              Buy               105471                      0.75917        GBP                    0.73500        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              Sell              146499                      0.76417        GBP                    0.73500        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
 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     279                             0.76200716845878        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     24                              0.759        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     66371                           0.74180412        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     632                             0.73850316242089        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     24                              0.764        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     43                              0.76        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     7036                            0.742        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     3635                            0.75        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     2322                            0.73743238916451        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       522                             0.75712        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1283                            0.743563        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       16047                           0.742708        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1974                            0.743053        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       8926                            0.738        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       3700                            0.74227027027027        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       24                              0.759        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       24                              0.742        GBP

 0.08p ordinary              CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       6838                            0.73879160621527        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.

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

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

                             e.g. call option

 

(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

 

 

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:  24 March 2025
 Contact name:        Richard Howard
 Telephone number:    +44 (0)207 568 9128

 

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 (mailto: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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/) .

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