FORM 8.3 - PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING
DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES
REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the
Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY
INFORMATION
| (a) Full name of discloser: |
Anson Advisors Inc. together with
Anson Funds Management LP as
co-managers of several investment
funds (Anson Funds). |
(b) Owner or controller of
interests and short
positions disclosed, if different from
1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle
companies is
insufficient. For a trust, the
trustee(s), settlor and
beneficiaries must be named. |
N/A |
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in
relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each
offeror/offeree |
Vistry Group PLC |
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with
an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify
identity of
offeror/offeree: |
N/A |
(e) Date position held/dealing
undertaken:
For an opening position disclosure,
state the latest
practicable date prior to the
disclosure |
26/09/2022 |
(f) In addition to the
company in 1(c) above, is the
discloser making disclosures in respect of
any
other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash
offer, state "N/A" |
Countryside Partnerships PLC |
2. POSITIONS OF THE
PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to
subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short
positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to
which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
| Class of relevant
security: |
0.01P
Ordinary |
|
Interests |
Short
positions |
|
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: |
400,000 |
0.18 % |
|
|
| (2) Cash-settled
derivatives: |
50,000 |
0.02 % |
|
|
(3) Stock-settled derivatives
(including options) and
agreements to purchase/sell: |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL: |
450,000 |
0.20 % |
|
|
All interests and all short positions
should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled
derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to
purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a
Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe
for new securities (including directors' and other employee
options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists: |
|
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages: |
|
3. DEALINGS (IF
ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in
more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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
security |
Purchase/sale |
Number of
securities |
Price per unit |
| Common Shares |
Purchase |
400,000 |
£6.7215 |
(b) Cash-settled
derivative transactions
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
(c) Stock-settled
derivative transactions (including options)
(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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(ii) Exercise
Class of
relevant
security |
Product
description
e.g. call option |
Exercising/
exercised
against |
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) |
|
|
|
|
4. 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 person 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 person 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 |
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)
attached? |
NO |
| Date of disclosure:
|
27/09/2022 |
| Contact name: |
Pasha Ekmali |
| Telephone number*: |
416.447.8874 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of
the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit
is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure
requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
*If the discloser is a natural
person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided
contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market
Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's
website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
