Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)LSE Group plc_Replacement

This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 6417N released at 11:23 on the 25 September 2019. Amendment made to section 2(a). All other information remains unchanged.

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:	24 September 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"	YES Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

 

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	170414	74.00000        GBP	73.12000        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	Sell	543547	73.98000        GBP	72.88000        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	110	72.88        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	1203	73.7        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	108	73.693704        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	116	73.6929        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	398853	73.2        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	6484	73.481398        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	442	73.234648        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Long	1229	73.531977        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	15000	73.7176826666667        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	5	73.532        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	2557	73.7        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	64	73.39125        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	49	73.6069387755102        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	214	73.50042        GBP
6 79/86 p ordinary	CFD	Short	46	73.6069565217391        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:	26 September 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 [email protected]

 

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.