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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
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing (Note 1) | BlackRock, Inc. |
Company dealt in | Smurfit Kappa Group plc |
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) | €0.001 ordinary shares |
Date of dealing | 17 April 2018 |
2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)
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(1) Relevant securities | 12,239,718 (5.16%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||||
(2) Derivatives (other than options) | 34,469 (0.01%) | 192,524 (0.08%) | ||||
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell | 0 (0.00%) | 138,000 (0.05%) | ||||
Total | 12,274,187 (5.17%) | 330,524 (0.13%) | ||||
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: | Long | Short | ||||
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1. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale |
Number of relevant securities |
Price per unit (Note 5) |
Purchase | 3,160 | GBP 30.4663 |
Purchase | 898 | EUR 35.6200 |
Sale | 2,063 | GBP 30.6540 |
Sale | 1,154 | GBP 30.6721 |
Please note: there was also a Transfer Out of 1,004 Shares
(b) 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 | Reducing Short | 1,209 | EUR 35.3810 |
CFD | Reducing Short | 217 | EUR 35.5322 |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities
(i) 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) |
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(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. call option | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (Note 5) |
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(d) 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.
None
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES
Date of disclosure | 18 April 2018 |
Contact name | James Michael |
Telephone number | +44 20 7743 3650 |
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected |
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If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) |
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SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1 AND RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1(a) & (b)(i), Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name, e.g. call option | Written, or purchased | Number of relevant securities to which the option or derivative relates | Exercise price (Note 2) | Type, e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date |
Call Option | Written | 40,000 | EUR 34.4605 | European | 02/05/2018 |
Call Option | Written | 40,000 | EUR 34.6286 | European | 09/05/2018 |
Call Option | Written | 58,000 | EUR 34.2203 | European | 23/05/2018 |
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell must also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.
Smurfit Kappa (SKG)