Investec Asset Management Limited Form 8.3 - Aer Lingus Group plc

 
TIDMAERL 
 
FORM 8.3 
 
                             IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL 
 
   DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER 
                           RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED) 
 
 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR 
                                     MORE 
 
1. KEY INFORMATION 
 
Name of person dealing (Note 1)                          Investec Asset 
                                                         Management Limited 
 
Company dealt in                                         Aer Lingus Group PLC 
 
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being   Ordinary Shares 
disclosed relate (Note 2)                                EUR0.05 
 
Date of dealing                                          27 April 2015 
 
2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS 
 
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant 
security dealt in(Note 3) 
 
Class of relevant security: 
 
                                     Interests            Short positions 
 
                                    Number        %        Number         % 
 
(1) Relevant security             9,864,490     1.85 
 
(2) Derivatives (other than 
options): 
 
(3) Options and agreements to 
purchase/sell: 
 
TOTAL:                            9,864,490     1.85 
 
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other 
than the class dealt in (Note 3) 
 
Class of relevant security: 
 
                                     Interests            Short positions 
 
                                    Number        %        Number         % 
 
(1) Relevant security 
 
(2) Derivatives (other than 
options): 
 
(3) Options and agreements to 
purchase/sell: 
 
TOTAL: 
 
3. DEALINGS (Note 4) 
 
(a) Purchases and sales 
 
            Purchase/sell             Number of relevant    Price per unit 
                                          securities           (Note 5) 
 
                Sale                        24,412             EUR 2.389 
 
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions) 
 
    Product description     Nature of transaction   Number of     Price per 
         e.g. CFD                  (Note 6)         relevant    unit (Note 5) 
                                                   securities 
                                                     (Note 7) 
 
 
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities 
 
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
Product name e.g.  Writing,   Number of  Exercise    Type    Expiry  Option 
   call option     selling,   securities   price     e.g.     date   money 
                  purchasing,  to which            American,         paid/ 
                    varying     option             European         received 
                     etc.      relates               etc.           per unit 
 
 
(ii) Exercising 
 
             Product name                   Number of      Exercise price per 
           e.g. call option                securities        unit (Note 5) 
 
 
(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities. 
(Note4) 
 
          Nature of transaction                Details        Price per unit 
                (Note 8)                                     (if applicable) 
                                                                 (Note 5) 
 
 
4. OTHER INFORMATION 
 
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives 
 
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the 
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any 
relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to 
the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant 
securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If 
none, this should be stated. 
 
NONE 
 
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                         No 
 
Date of disclosure:                    28 April 2015 
 
Contact name:                          Ian Gartshore 
 
Telephone number:                      0044 207 597 1825 
 
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/   AER LINGUS GROUP PLC (OFFEREE) 
offeror with which connected 
 
If a connected EFM, state nature of    Investec Bank are broker and sponsor 
connection (Note 10)                   to the offeree 
 
 
 
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