LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
AMENDMENT
THIS REFLECTS AN INCREASE IN THE PURCHASE FROM 1,067,597 TO 1,242,597 AND AN INCREASE IN THE SALES FROM 730,130 TO 741,454
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: | J.P. Morgan Securities ltd. | |
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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 |
British Sky Broadcasting group Plc |
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| (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | News Corporation Ltd | |
| (d) Date dealing undertaken: | 12 January 2011 | |
| (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 Shares |
Purchase
Sale |
1,242,597
741,454 |
7.4361 GBP
7.4050 GBP |
7.3700 GBP
7.3600 GBP |
(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 | ||||
| Ordinary Shares |
Equity Swap
Equity Swap
Equity Swap
Equity Swap |
Short
Short
Short
Short |
165,000
150,000
100,000
3,000 |
7.3700 GBP
7.3858 GBP
7.3799 GBP
7.4361 GBP |
(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 | |||||||
| Ordinary Shares |
Call
Call |
Purchase
Sale |
500,000
1,000,000 |
7.60
7.60 |
American
American |
18 March 11
18 March 11 |
0.075 GBP
0.14 GBP |
(ii) Exercising
| Class of relevant security |
Product description
e.g. call option |
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) |
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
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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:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none” |
(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” |
| Date of disclosure: | 14 January 2011 | |
| Contact name: | Barry Page | |
| Telephone number: | 0207 325 4578 |
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.