TIDMMERL
RNS Number : 9553R
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
01 November 2019
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: Citigroup Global Markets Limited
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose Merlin Entertainments plc
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt Merlin Entertainments plc
principal trader is connected:
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(d) Date dealing undertaken: 31 October 2019
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(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader N/A
making disclosures
in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be
stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchases/ sales Total number of Highest price per Lowest price per unit
security securities unit paid/received paid/received
(GBP) (GBP)
1p ordinary Purchase 196,814 4.5641 4.5450
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1p ordinary Sale 615,449 4.5730 4.5445
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing securities (GBP)
a
long/short position,
increasing/reducing
a
long/short position
Increasing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 3,627 4.5450
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 257 4.5460
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 4 4.5450
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 3,238 4.5450
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 3,502 4.5450
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 277,010 4.5451
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 918 4.5460
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 918 4.5460
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 3,470 4.5460
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 3,209 4.5450
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 385 4.5450
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 10,251 4.5461
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 12,390 4.5463
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 189 4.5470
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 190 4.5460
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 2,113 4.5460
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 1,111 4.5450
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 1,827 4.5460
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 2,424 4.5450
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 61 4.5450
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 112,108 4.5459
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Reducing Short
1p ordinary TRS Position 3,277 4.5451
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1p ordinary TRS Closing Long Position 843 4.5602
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1p ordinary TRS Closing Long Position 141 4.5570
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1p ordinary TRS Closing Long Position 617 4.5620
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Increasing Long
1p ordinary TRS Position 43 4.5445
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1p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 11,030 4.5491
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1p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 178 4.5465
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1p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 72 4.5451
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1p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 3,752 4.5450
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry date Option money
relevant description purchasing, securities price per e.g. paid/
security e.g. call selling, to unit American, received per
option varying etc. which option European etc. unit
relates
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised Number of Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option against securities
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit
e.g. subscription, conversion (if applicable)
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:
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 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
Date of disclosure: 1 November 2019
Contact name: Connor McLaughlin
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Telephone number: 02895 955 328
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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.
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