Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Virgin Money Plc - Amendment

UBS AG (EPT)
20 March 2024
 

This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 4418H released at 11:50 on the 19th March 2024. Amendments to sections 2a and 2b. All other information remains unchanged

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 Investment Bank, London

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

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

            Virgin Money UK plc

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

            Nationwide Building Society

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

            18 March 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"

NO

 

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

10p ordinary

Buy

 

412263

2.10960        GBP

2.09310

GBP

10p ordinary

Sell

 

2107707

2.10750        GBP

2.09500        GBP

CDI

Buy

 

2161827

4.06563

GBP

4.04000

GBP

CDI

Sell

 

2161827

7.84285

GBP

4.05000

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

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

12727

2.1        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

630

2.103        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

670000

2.10351409        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

15299

2.10221        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

12411

2.10123761        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2413

2.105976        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

10414

2.09997375        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

94595

2.1023306959        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

17888

2.103887        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

659

2.103077        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

10029

2.10067005683518        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

10401

2.10085        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

18736

2.096059        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

5000

2.096        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1711

2.095        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1817

2.097495        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

507151

2.104509        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

5801

2.10383201        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

480

2.104        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

11365

2.104828        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

7

2.102        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

450000

2.096901        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

500000

0.0        AUD

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

500000

0.0   AUD

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

40646

2.10000 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Long

6002

2.10385 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

11922

2.100105        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2062

2.104195        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1184

2.102204        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4544

2.10002625        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1027

2.101828        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1616

2.101861        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

52766

2.100586        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

10697

2.10436384032906        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

15059

2.0931        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

325

2.099        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2

2.105        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2

2.104        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

326

2.1045        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

27527

2.102103        GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

 

Short

3072

2.101006        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









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

20 March 2024

Contact name:

Richard Howard

Telephone number:

+44 (0)207 568 9128

 

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.

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