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Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) -Hong Kong Exchanges

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 9790M
Morgan Stanley
19 September 2019
 

 

 FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

Morgan Stanley Hong Kong Securities Limited

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

London Stock Exchange Group plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken

     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

18 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"

No

 

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

 (a)       Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 

 Class of relevant security:

                ordinary NPV

 


 Interests

Short positions

 

 Number

  %

Number

  %

 (1) Relevant securities owned  and/or controlled:

0

 0.00

 0

   0.00

 

 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:

0

 0.00

 0

   0.00

 

 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and  agreements to purchase/sell:

0

 0.00

 0

   0.00

 

  TOTAL:

0

 0.00

 0

   0.00

 

 

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

 

 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

 N/A

 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

 N/A

 

 

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) 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 3(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

 ordinary NPV

 PURCHASES

     163,300

 232.6000 HKD

 234.2000 HKD

 ordinary NPV

 SALES

     163,300

232.6000 HKD

 234.6000 HKD

 

(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

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A  

 

(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

 

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A  

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of

relevant

security

 Product description

e.g. call option

 Exercising/

exercised

against

 Number of securities

 Exercise price

per unit

 

 ordinary NPV

 PUT LONG

Exercising

 24,600

265.0000 HKD

 ordinary NPV

 PUT SHORT

Exercising

 24,600

265.0000 HKD

 

(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)

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A

 N/A  

 

 

4.         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

 

 

(c)        Attachments

 

   Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

                 No  

 

 

 

 Date of disclosure:

 19 SEPTEMBER 2019

 

 Contact name:

 Craig Horsley

 

 Telephone number:

 +44(141) 245 7736

 

 

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

 

 

 

 


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