Woodford Investment Management Ltd Form 8.3 - Utilitywise plc (3915O)

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RNS Number : 3915O

Woodford Investment Management Ltd

29 January 2019

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:                                                        Woodford Investment Management Ltd 
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different   N/A 
 from 1(a): 
 The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the 
 trustee(s), 
 settlor and beneficiaries must be named. 
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 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form     Utilitywise PLC 
 relates: 
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and    N/A 
 specify identity 
 of offeror/offeree: 
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 (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                         28/01/2019 
 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to 
 the disclosure 
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 (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making              No 
 disclosures in respect 
 of any other party to the offer? 
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
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   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         % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                               23,534,413   29.97   0              0 
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 (2) Cash-settled derivatives: 
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 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 
 purchase/sell: 
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     TOTAL:                                                                     23,534,413   29.97   0              0 
                                                                        ------------------  ------  -------------  --- 
 

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 
 
 
   (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
 Class of relevant          Product description   Nature of dealing          Number of reference        Price per unit 
 security                    e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a     securities 
                                                  long/short position, 
                                                  increasing/reducing a 
                                                  long/short position 
 
 
   (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 which       unit            American,                    received per 
                option         varying etc.   option                         European                     unit 
                                              relates                        etc. 
 
 
   (ii)        Exercise 
 
 Class of relevant        Product description   Exercising/ exercised    Number of securities   Exercise price per 
 security                  e.g. call option     against                                         unit 
 
 
   (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:    29/01/2019 
 Contact name:          Jasmine Barnes-Keywood 
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 Telephone number:      01865 809062 
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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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