Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP Form 8 (OPD) - Smart Metering Systems plc (0261X)
15 Dezember 2023 - 2:07PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0261X
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP
15 December 2023
FORM 8 (OPD)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER
Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser: Sienna Bidco Limited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from
1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s),
settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Smart Metering Systems plc
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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(d) Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree? OFFEROR
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(e) Date position held: 14 December 2023
The latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
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(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in N/A
respect
of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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2. POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates
Class of relevant security:
Interests Short positions
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Number % Number %
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: Nil 0 Nil 0
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives: Nil 0 Nil 0
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: Nil 0 Nil 0
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TOTAL: Nil 0 Nil 0
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All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions
(including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell
relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open
Positions).
Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or
financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities
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
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3. POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe (including directors' and
other employee options) of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making
the disclosure:
Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each in Smart Metering Systems plc held by the concert parties
of Sienna Bidco Limited:
Name Number of Ordinary Percentage of the
Shares Company's existing
share capital
Fundlogic S.A.S. 423,393 0.32
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Calvert Research
and Management 104,045 0.08
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Total 527,438 0.39
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Cash Settled Derivative
Name Product Description Number of Percentage of the Company's
Securities existing share capital
Fundlogic
S.A.S. Short Swap 423,393 0.32
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Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions
(including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell
relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open
Positions).
Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or
financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).
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 party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting
in concert with it:
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 party
to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, 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
Are any Supplemental Forms attached?
Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) NO
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL) NO
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Date of disclosure: 15 December 2023
Contact name: Shirav Patel, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
Adam Hain & Ashish Mehta, Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited
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+44 20 7425 8000
Telephone number: +44 20 3037 2000
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