FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING
POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A
PERSON WITH
INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the
Takeover Code (the “Code”)
1. KEY
INFORMATION
| (a)
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being
disclosed: |
Aberforth Partners LLP, on behalf of discretionary
clients. |
(b)
Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle
companies is insufficient |
|
(c)
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities
this form relates:
Use a separate form for each
offeror/offeree |
Phoenix IT Group plc |
| (d) If
an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state
this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: |
|
| (e)
Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
06
July 2015 |
|
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they
today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to
this offer? |
Y/N
NO
If YES, specify which: |
2. POSITIONS OF THE
PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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
Shares |
|
Interests |
Short
positions |
| Number |
% |
Number |
% |
| (1) Relevant
securities owned and/or controlled: |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| (2) Derivatives
(other than options): |
|
|
|
|
| (3) Options and
agreements to purchase/sell: |
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL: |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
All interests and all short positions
should be disclosed.
Details of any open derivative or
option positions, 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
executive 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 |
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(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
3. DEALINGS (IF
ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and
sales
| Class of relevant
security |
Purchase/sale |
Number of
securities |
Price per
unit |
|
Ordinary |
Sale |
14,615,348 |
159.0p |
(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 |
| N/A |
|
|
|
|
(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 |
| N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii) Exercising
| Class of relevant
security |
Product
description
e.g. call option |
Number of
securities |
Exercise price per
unit |
| 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 |
|
|
|
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(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt
in.
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
person 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” |
None |
(b) Agreements,
arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives
Details of any
agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between the person 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? |
Y/N NO |
| Date
of disclosure: |
07
July 2015 |
|
Contact name: |
David
Holland, for Aberforth Partners LLP |
|
Telephone number: |
0131
220 0733 |
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 http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/.