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: | UBSAGLondonBranch |
| MitchellsandButlersPlc | |
| (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | MitchellsandButlersPlc |
| (d) Date dealing undertaken: | 22 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 | 1338053 | 2.6071 GBP | |
| 8 13/24p ordinary | Sell | 148241 | 2.597402 GBP |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
| Class of relevant security | Number of reference securities | Price per unit | ||
| 8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Long | 6663 | 2.504886 GBP |
| 8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 2955 | 2.486619 GBP |
| 8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 1581 | 2.500545 GBP |
| 8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 3246 | 2.500559 GBP |
| 8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 752751 | 2.6071 GBP |
| 8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 100000 | 2.5266 GBP |
| 8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 159773 | 2.506423 GBP |
| 8 13/24p ordinary | CFD | Short | 200000 | 2.513145 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 |
| 23 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.