Aberforth Partners Form 8.3 - Phoenix IT Group plc

 
TIDMPNX 
 
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) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings  Aberforth Partners LLP, on behalf 
are being disclosed:                                 of discretionary clients. 
 
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short 
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): 
     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is 
insufficient 
 
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose     Phoenix IT Group plc 
relevant securities this form relates: 
     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: 
 
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:           06 July 2015 
 
(f)  Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are  Y/N    NO 
they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of  If YES, specify which: 
any other party to this offer? 
 
2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
(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:         Ordinary Shares 
 
                                   Interests                  Short positions 
 
                                   Number              %      Number              % 
 
(1) Relevant securities owned and/ 0                   0.0    0                   0.0 
or controlled: 
 
(2) Derivatives (other than 
options): 
 
(3) Options and agreements to 
purchase/DEALING: 
 
TOTAL:                             0                   0.0    0                   0.0 
 
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed. 
 
Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options) 
 
Class of relevant security in relation to   N/A 
which subscription right exists: 
 
Details, including nature of the rights     N/A 
concerned and relevant percentages: 
 
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. 
 
3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
(a)        Purchases and sales 
 
  Class of relevant       Purchase/DEALING     Number of securities     Price per unit 
      security 
 
    Ordinary            Sale                        14,615,348           159.0p 
 
(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
    Class of        Product         Nature of dealing       Number of    Price per unit 
    relevant      description    e.g. opening/closing a     reference 
    security        e.g. CFD      long/short position,      securities 
                                  increasing/reducing a 
                                   long/short position 
 
  N/A 
 
(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
 
(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
Class of    Product      Writing,    Number of  Exercise    Type     Expiry    Option 
relevant  description   purchasing,  securities price per   e.g.      date      money 
security   e.g. call     selling,     to which    unit    American,             paid/ 
             option    varying etc.    option             European            received 
                                      relates               etc.              per unit 
 
  N/A 
 
(ii)        Exercising 
 
  Class of relevant    Product description  Number of securities   Exercise price per 
      security          e.g. call option                                  unit 
 
   N/A 
 
(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant       Nature of dealing             Details        Price per unit (if 
     security            e.g. subscription,                              applicable) 
                             conversion 
 
  N/A 
 
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. 
 
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. 
 
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: 
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?                    Y/N      NO 
 
 
 
Date of disclosure:                         07 July 2015 
 
Contact name:                               David Holland, for Aberforth Partners LLP 
 
Telephone number:                           0131 220 0733 
 
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory 
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at 
[e-mail].  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is 
available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure 
requirements on [phone]. 
 
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at http:// 
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/. 
 
 
 
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