RE: Informal approach...29 Mar 2024 14:09
The heading to this thread is "Informal approach."
I.e. there is no formal offer or formal offer period and Scott would not be precluded from buying shares once the 'informal' offer was announced publicly and until any offer was formalised.
Even after a formal offer the following terms of the Takeover Panel Rule 9.1 apply:
"Directors of a company which is subject to an offer or a possible offer will be presumed to be acting in concert from the beginning of the relevant period as defined in Rule 21.1(b) or, where Note 9 on Rule 21.1 applies, from the beginning of the offer period. The normal provisions of this Rule will apply in these circumstances. At other times, directors of a company are not presumed to be acting in concert in relation to control of the company of which they are directors. Subject to the constraints imposed by the Rules, directors are, so far as the Code is concerned, free to deal in the shares of their company. "
In other words there are still circumstances in which he could buy shares provided a formal offer was not accepted.