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: |
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Ltd |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant
securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree |
Poundland Group Plc |
| (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is
connected: |
Poundland Group Plc |
| (d) Date dealing undertaken: |
04 July 2016 |
| (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 |
Ordinary
|
Purchases
Sales |
21,699
21,699
|
202.50p
203.00p |
201.75p
202.00p |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than
options)
| 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 |
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(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 |
Type
e.g. American, European etc. |
Expiry date |
Option money paid/ received per unit |
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(ii) Exercising
| Class of relevant security |
Product description
e.g. call option |
Number of securities |
Exercise price per unit |
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(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) |
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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
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:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" |
None
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(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
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Date of disclosure:
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5 July 2016 |
Contact name:
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Nathan Lawrence |
Telephone number:
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0207 468 7992 |
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. 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.
This announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions
clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the
information contained therein.
Source: Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited via Globenewswire
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