Weiss Asset Management LP Form 8.3 - Independent News & Media plc (9642C)

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RNS Number : 9642C

Weiss Asset Management LP

20 June 2019

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FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

   1.       KEY INFORMATION 
 
Name of person dealing      Weiss Asset Management 
 (Note 1)                    LP (Investment Manager 
                             of Brookdale International 
                             Partners, L.P. and Brookdale 
                             Global Opportunity Fund) 
Company dealt in             Independent News & Media 
                              plc 
                            ============================= 
Class of relevant security   EUR0.01 ordinary shares; 
 to which the dealings        ISIN: IE00B59HWB19; NSI: 
 being disclosed relate       1,386,547,375 
 (Note 2) 
                            ============================= 
Date of dealing              20 June 2019 
                            ============================= 
 
   2.         INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS 

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

 
                                         Long               Short 
                             Number      (%)     Number       (%) 
                             =========  ======  ===========  ====== 
(1) Relevant securities 
                             =================  =================== 
(2) Derivatives (other        46,162,621| 
 than options)                 3.33% 
                             =================  =================== 
(3) Options and agreements 
 to purchase/sell 
                             =================  =================== 
                              46,162,621| 
Total                          3.33% 
                             =================  =================== 
 
 

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

 
Class of relevant security:                Long                Short 
                              Number        (%)     Number         (%) 
                              =========    ======  ===========    ====== 
(1) Relevant securities 
                              ===================  ===================== 
 
  (2) Derivatives (other 
  than options) 
                              ===================  ===================== 
 
  (3) Options and agreements 
  to purchase/sell 
                              ===================  ===================== 
Total 
                              ===================  ===================== 
 
 

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   1.       DEALINGS (Note 4) 
   (a)      Purchases and sales 
 
 
  Purchase/sale           Number of relevant securities        Price per unit 
                                                               (Note 5) 
N/A              N/A                                     N/A 
                 ======================================  ==================== 
 
   (b)      Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions) 
 
Product     Nature of transaction   Number of relevant   Price per 
 name,       (Note 6)                securities           unit 
 e.g. CFD                            (Note 7)             (Note 5) 
CFD         Increased long          712,621             EUR0.10325 
            ======================  ==================  ========== 
 
   (c)      Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities 
   (i)       Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
Product     Writing,      Number of       Exercise  Type,            Expiry  Option 
 name,       selling,      securities      price     e.g. American,   date    money paid/received 
 e.g. call   purchasing,   to which                  European                 per unit 
 option      varying       the option                etc.                     (Note 5) 
             etc.          relates (Note 
                           7) 
N/A         N/A           N/A             N/A       N/A              N/A     N/A 
            ============  ==============  ========  ===============  ======  ==================== 
 
   (ii)      Exercising 
 
Product name,             Number of securities      Exercise price 
 e.g. call option                                    per unit (Note 
                                                     5) 
N/A                N/A                          N/A 
                   ===========================  =================== 
 
   (d)      Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4) 
 
Nature of transaction         Details      Price per unit 
 (Note 8)                                   (if applicable) 
                                            (Note 5) 
N/A                    N/A             N/A 
                       ==============  ==================== 
 

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   2.       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             20 June 2019 
Contact name                   Georgiy Nikitin 
                              ================ 
Telephone number               [phone] 
                              ================ 
If a connected EFM, name       N/A 
 of offeree/offeror with 
 which connected 
                              ================ 
If a connected EFM, state      N/A 
 nature of connection (Note 
 10) 
                              ================ 
 

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