HSBC BANK PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - TalkTalk Telecom Group plc
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
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(a)Name
of exempt principal trader:
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HSBC BANK PLC
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(b)Name
of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form
relates:
Use
a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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TalkTalk Telecom Group plc
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(c)Name
of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
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Offeree - TalkTalk Telecom Group plc
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(d)Date
dealing undertaken:
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13 January 2021
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(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”
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N/A
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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
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Class of relevant security
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Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities
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Highest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
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Lowest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)
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Ordinary Shares
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Purchase
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53,275
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98.600 p
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98.490 p
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Ordinary Shares
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Sale
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56,429
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98.600 p
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98.350 p
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. CFD
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Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position,
increasing/reducing a long/short position
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Number of reference securities
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Price per unit (GBP)
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Ordinary Shares
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Swap
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Reducing a Short
Position
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3,154
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98.350 p
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. call option
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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
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Number of securities to which option relates
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Exercise price per unit
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Type
e.g. American, European etc.
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Expiry date
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Option money paid/ received per unit
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(ii) Exercise
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Class of
relevant security
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Product
description
e.g. call
option
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Exercising/
exercised against
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Number of
securities
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Exercise
price per unit
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing
for new securities)
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Class of
relevant security
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Nature of dealing
e.g.
subscription, conversion
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Details
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Price per
unit (if applicable)
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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”
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or
understandings relating to options or derivatives
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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”
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Date of disclosure:
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14
January 2021
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Contact name:
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Mukhtar
Khan
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Telephone number:
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0207
088 2000
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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.
