Melqart Asset Mgmt Form 8.3 - Consort Medical plc

 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      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:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  MELQART ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LTD 
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  N/A 
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named. 
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Consort Medical plc 
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
(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:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   03 February 2020 
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure 
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?                                                                                                                                                                                                NO 
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    If YES, specify which: 
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:                                                                                                                                                                 10p ordinary 
                                                                                                                                                                                            Interests                                                                                                                                                       Short positions 
                                                                                                                                                                                            Number                                                                                                                           %                              Number                    % 
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                                                                                                               3,643,000                                                                                                                        7.38% 
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 
TOTAL:                                                                                                                                                                                      3,643,000                                                                                                                        7.38% 
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 (GBp) 
(b)                         Cash-settled derivative transactions 
Class of relevant security                                       Product description                        Nature of dealing                                                                                                                                                                                                Number of reference securities                           Price per unit (GBp) 
                                                                 e.g. CFD                                   e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position 
10p ordinary                                                     CFD                                        Increasing a long position                                                                                                                                                                                       100,000                                                  1002.50 
(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                           Expiry date               Option money paid/ received per unit 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             e.g. American, European etc. 
(ii)                        Exercise 
Class of relevant security  Product description                                                             Exercising/ exercised against                                                   Number of securities                                                                                                             Exercise price per unit 
                            e.g. call option 
(d)                         Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing                                                               Details                                                                                                                                                                                                          Price per unit (if applicable) 
                            e.g. subscription, conversion 
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:                                                                                                                                                                         04 February 2020 
Contact name:                                                                                                                                                                               J. Austin 
Telephone number:                                                                                                                                                                           020 3826 4492 
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 [phone]. 
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
 
 
 
 

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