Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Rotala Plc

 
TIDMROL 
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.        KEY INFORMATION 
 
(a) Name of exempt principal trader:           Shore Capital Stockbrokers 
                                                Ltd 
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation        Rotala Plc 
 to whose relevant securities this 
 form relates: 
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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(c) Name of the party to the offer             Rotala Plc 
 with which exempt principal trader 
 is connected: 
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(d) Date dealing undertaken:                   15 November 2023 
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(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed,          No 
 or is it today disclosing, under the 
 Code in respect of any other party 
 to this offer? 
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   2.        DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 
   (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
Class of relevant  Purchases/   Total number        Highest price            Lowest price 
     security         sales     of securities   per unit paid/received   per unit paid/received 
-----------------  ----------  --------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
Ordinary           Purchases       8,400                 56p                      56p 
-----------------  ----------  --------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
Ordinary           Sales            N/A                  N/A                      N/A 
-----------------  ----------  --------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than option) 
 
Class of relevant  Product description     Nature of dealing      Number of   Price per 
     security            e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing    reference      unit 
                                         a long/short position,   securities 
                                          increasing/reducing 
                                         a long/short position 
-----------------  -------------------  -----------------------  -----------  --------- 
 
 
   (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)        Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class        Product       Writing,        Number      Exercise        Type        Expiry   Option 
 of relevant   description   purchasing,   of securities    price     e.g. American,   date     money 
  security      e.g. call     selling,       to which      per unit      European               paid/ 
                 option        varying        option                       etc.                received 
                                etc.          relates                                          per unit 
------------  ------------  ------------  --------------  ---------  ---------------  ------  --------- 
 
 
   (ii)        Exercising 
 
Class of relevant  Product description  Number of securities  Exercise price 
     security        e.g. call option                            per unit 
-----------------  -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 
 
   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
Class of relevant   Nature of dealing   Details   Price per unit 
     security       e.g. subscription,            (if applicable) 
                        conversion 
-----------------  -------------------  -------  ---------------- 
 
 

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(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

   3.        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 exempt principal trader 
 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" 
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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 exempt principal trader 
 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" 
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 None 
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Date of disclosure:   16 November 2023 
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Contact name:         Laura Parmenter 
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Telephone number:     [phone] 
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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 https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=OgHuKAc30EGlArEUENKJap20poGuhqg1RvTYChi43PhqVy28oHK1WRCPZKsI3qVR3JYibv7iBOEUezTS3pNpI3gWVQknR7Pwbc7KzsNsJFQO01EPIjzCajeOe7jAsBhj [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 https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=UaPrG86pHf1qY8MunynabYtLqvnVgv8TIi-ajNqPeVVRvfUFkxTpFJWq9HzSMRBj8-L8CxkgMdjOKsoOz_c9yun2nui08wvOh4uVFT9AZbf-ueRn1lqhHrNSbhOKHLNu www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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