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 AG London Branch |
Mitchells and Butlers Plc | |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Mitchells and Butlers Plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 16 September 2011 |
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | NO |
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(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 |
8 13/24p ordinary | Buy | 772048 | 2.69744 GBP | 2.59000 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | Sell | 370710 | 2.70000 GBP | 2.59900 GBP |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of relevant security | Number of reference securities | Price per unit | ||
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Long | 7627 | 2.649934 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Long | 3580 | 2.633362 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Long | 6019 | 2.632942 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Long | 3608 | 2.630971 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Long | 2343 | 2.656119 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Long | 2078 | 2.603219 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Long | 3722 | 2.632748 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 102492 | 2.604 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 32929 | 2.618691 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 100000 | 2.638989 GBP |
8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 300000 | 2.68914 GBP |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(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 | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit | |
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit | |
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) | |
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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.
3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
None |
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
None |
19 September 2011 | |
Gemma Crewdson | |
+44 (0)20 7568 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.