Hornby PLC Form 8 (OPD) Hornby plc (2156J)

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RNS Number : 2156J

Hornby PLC

26 June 2017

FORM 8 (OPD)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER

Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Full name of discloser:                                                                    HORNBY PLC 
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 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):    N/A 
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 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:        HORNBY PLC 
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 (d) Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree?                                               OFFEREE 
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 (e) Date position held:                                                                        23 JUNE 2017 
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 (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect   N/A 
  of any other party to the offer? 
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   2.         POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates

 
 Class of relevant security: 
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                                                                                      Interests     Short positions 
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                                                                                      Number    %   Number         % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                                     N/A           N/A 
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 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                        N/A           N/A 
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 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:   N/A           N/A 
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                                                                                      N/A           N/A 
   TOTAL: 
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   (b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities 
 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:    N/A 
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 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:   N/A 
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   3.         POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
 Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe (including directors' and 
  other employee options) of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making 
  the disclosure: 
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   (a) Interests of directors of Hornby plc in ordinary shares of Hornby plc of 1p each: 
                         Percentage of 
                          total issued 
              Number of   ordinary share 
               ordinary   capital (%) (to 
   Director    shares     3.d.p) 
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   S Cooke*   97,000     0.115 
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   D Adams    22,500     0.027 
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   * All the shares in which Steve Cooke is beneficially interested are held by Lawshare Nominees, 
   a company with which he is connected. 
   ** David Adams holds the shares in his own name. 
 
   (b) Interests of directors of Hornby plc in ordinary shares of Hornby plc under Hornby Performance 
   Share Plan: 
                                      Market 
                                       price  Interest 
                                       at      at 
                Award      Vesting     Award   22 June 
   Director      date       date       date    2017 
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   S Cooke      Aug 2015   Aug 2018   105.0p  190,476 
    Dec 2016   Mar 2019               29.0p   2,136,752 
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   D Mulligan   Dec 2016   Mar 2019   29.0p   598,290 
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   Each award is structured as an option with an option price of 1 pence per share and subject 
   to the performance conditions of the Performance Share Plan. 
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   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 party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting 
  in concert with it: 
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   None 
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   (b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives 
 
 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party 
  to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, 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: 
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   None 
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   (c)        Attachments 

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

 
 Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)   NO 
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 Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)              NO 
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 Date of disclosure:    26 JUNE 2017 
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 Contact name:          DAVID MULLIGAN 
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 Telephone number:      01843 233500 
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