Last checked at 21 May 2014 17:35
Amendment - due to the amendment of Equity and Derivative transactions, the disclosure made on 19 May for dealings on 15 May has been updated. Sections 2(a) and 2(b) have been updated.
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: | (GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | ASTRAZENECA PLC |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | ASTRAZENECA PLC |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 15 May 2014 |
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | YES - disclosed previously for PFIZER INC |
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 |
USD 0.25 ordinary | Purchases | 478,7205,521 | 47.2650 GBP521.0000 SEK | 46.3450 GBP516.8859 SEK |
USD 0.25 ordinary | Sales | 541,5444,234 | 47.2650 GBP518.0000 SEK | 46.4250 GBP513.5000 SEK |
(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 |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 7,500 | 46.2204 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 5,329 | 46.5272 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 11,622 | 46.5272 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 30,000 | 46.5272 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 26,049 | 46.5272 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,000 | 46.5272 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 245 | 46.6998 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 184 | 46.6998 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 529 | 46.6998 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 748 | 46.6998 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 871 | 46.7683 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 2,929 | 46.7683 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 50,000 | 46.8725 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 11,000 | 46.9343 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 14 | 46.9499 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Opening a short position | 121 | 46.9499 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 63,022 | 47.0760 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a long position | 1,548 | 47.2650 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Opening a long position | 2,000 | 47.2650 GBP |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 7,500 | 77.9456 USD |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 75,000 | 78.1656 USD |
USD 0.25 ordinary | CFD | Reducing a short position | 50,000 | 78.7457 USD |
(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 |
(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) |
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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
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" |
NONE
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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" |
NONE
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| Date of disclosure: | 21 May 2014 |
| Contact name: | Aadithya Rao and Yiannis Bardis |
| Telephone number: | +44(20) 7051 9046 / +44(20) 7774 7107 |
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.