Independent News & Media Regulatory News (INM)

20 May 2019 12:10

Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - Independent News & Media plc

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FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)	Man Group PLC
Company dealt in	INDEPENDENT NEWS & MEDIA PLC
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)	€0.01 ordinary shares
Date of dealing	2019-05-17

INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

	Long			Short
	Number		(%)	Number			(%)
(1) Relevant securities	0.00		0.00	0.00		0.00
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	18,140,896.00		1.3084	0.00		0.00
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	0.00		0.00	0.00		0.00
Total	18,140,896.00		1.3084	0.00		0.00

Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:	Long			Short
	Number		(%)	Number		(%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total

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DEALINGS (Note 4) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Number of relevant securities	Price per unit (Note 5)

Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

Product name, e.g. CFD	Nature of transaction (Note 6)	Number of relevant securities (Note 7)	Price per unit (Note 5)
CFD	Increasing a long position	99,412	0.10200
CFD	Increasing a long position	28,385	0.10200
CFD	Increasing a long position	140,189	0.10200
CFD	Increasing a long position	20,769	0.10200
CFD	Increasing a long position	26,528	0.10200
CFD	Increasing a long position	50,593	0.10200
CFD	Increasing a long position	9,180	0.10200

Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,e.g. call option	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.	Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7)	Exercise price	Type, e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/received per unit (Note 5)

Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)	Details	Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)

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2. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO

Date of disclosure	2019-05-20
Contact name	Matthew Irwin
Telephone number	+442071447255
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)