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: |
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree |
Britvic plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: |
Britvic plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: |
24 June 2024 |
(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" |
N/A |
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 |
20p ordinary |
SALES |
1,554,673 |
12.0000 GBP |
11.5500 GBP |
20p ordinary |
PURCHASES |
819,352 |
12.0700 GBP |
11.5700 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 |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
345 |
11.6547 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
11,929 |
11.7028 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
1,205 |
11.7179 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
6,008 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
1,679 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
3,621 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
225 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
5,184 |
11.7207 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
1,436 |
11.7207 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
349 |
11.7207 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
18,821 |
11.7243 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
849 |
11.7260 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
1,016 |
11.7260 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
8,243 |
11.7303 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
11,228 |
11.7625 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
9,867 |
11.7627 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
3,335 |
11.7786 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
1,400 |
11.7800 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
1,235 |
11.8089 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
370,000 |
11.8122 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
806,624 |
11.9000 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a long position |
197,613 |
11.9000 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
1,300 |
11.5834 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
6,451 |
11.5966 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
780 |
11.5966 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
340 |
11.5966 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
183 |
11.5966 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
1,879 |
11.5966 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
37,646 |
11.5966 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
8,264 |
11.6000 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
41,736 |
11.6058 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
27,707 |
11.6299 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
4,760 |
11.6610 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
5,446 |
11.6628 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
4,166 |
11.6893 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
1,428 |
11.7094 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
6,359 |
11.7140 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
317 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
92,230 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
3,754 |
11.7203 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
1,237 |
11.7212 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
1 |
11.7224 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
3,265 |
11.7227 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
31,722 |
11.7243 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
840 |
11.7304 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
158 |
11.7441 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
5,750 |
11.7474 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
2,250 |
11.7474 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
6,978 |
11.7520 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
80,788 |
11.7521 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
73,303 |
11.7584 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
205 |
11.7600 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
994 |
11.7605 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
67,281 |
11.8039 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
8,358 |
11.8109 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
20,000 |
11.8263 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
1,561 |
11.8615 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
2,984 |
11.8749 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
26 |
11.8999 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
328 |
11.9015 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
1,008 |
11.9083 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
increasing a short position |
198 |
11.9442 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
2,600 |
11.5931 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
993 |
11.6399 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
3,621 |
11.6628 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
12,014 |
11.6891 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
3,714 |
11.6996 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
1,443 |
11.7001 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
6,942 |
11.7060 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
6,091 |
11.7176 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
3,029 |
11.7187 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
63 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
6,353 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
18,110 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
5,792 |
11.7203 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
310 |
11.7246 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
1,205 |
11.7605 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
11,228 |
11.7622 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
29 |
11.8004 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
182 |
11.8015 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
16,406 |
11.8053 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
172 |
11.8091 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
4,311 |
11.8538 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a long position |
1,235 |
11.9924 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
4,000 |
11.5801 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
2,001 |
11.6266 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
2,582 |
11.7028 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
3,980 |
11.7059 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
910 |
11.7059 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
7,501 |
11.7062 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,401 |
11.7170 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,103 |
11.7172 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,428 |
11.7179 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
6,430 |
11.7183 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,074 |
11.7188 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
4,022 |
11.7198 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
11,530 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
4,307 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,513 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
317 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
8,940 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
158 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
3,288 |
11.7200 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
226 |
11.7231 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
40,358 |
11.7353 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
4,596 |
11.7353 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,995 |
11.7481 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
205 |
11.7600 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,546 |
11.7811 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
2 |
11.7831 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
3,494 |
11.7849 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
14,047 |
11.8051 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,540 |
11.8051 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
577 |
11.8051 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
4,122 |
11.8051 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
428 |
11.8051 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,731 |
11.8222 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,112 |
11.8449 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
17,311 |
11.8654 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
8,125 |
11.8654 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
11,564 |
11.8654 GBP |
20p ordinary |
CFD |
reducing a short position |
1,000 |
11.9000 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 |
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 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
(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 |
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: |
25 June 2024 |
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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.