UBS AG (EPT) Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)Sophos Group plc (6796E)

TIDMTTM TIDMSOPH

RNS Number : 6796E

UBS AG (EPT)

02 March 2020

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:                                                      UBS Investment Bank, London 
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this                 Sophos Group plc 
 form relates: 
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is                  Sophos Group plc 
 connected: 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                              28 February 2020 
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 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader   No 
 making disclosures 
 in respect of any other party to this offer? 
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
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   2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 

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.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

   (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
   Class of relevant      Purchases/ sales       Total number of       Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit 
        security                                   securities              paid/received            paid/received 
 3p ordinary              Buy                22902                     5.75000 GBP              5.72800 GBP 
                         -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 3p ordinary              Sell               86609                     5.80400 GBP              5.73682 GBP 
                         -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (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 
 3p ordinary                CFD                   Long                       1648                       5.803403 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 3p ordinary                CFD                   Long                       9447                       5.73724907 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 3p ordinary                CFD                   Long                       223                        5.804 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 3p ordinary                CFD                   Long                       2842                       5.74202 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 3p ordinary                CFD                   Long                       11709                      5.76831241 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 3p ordinary                CFD                   Long                       20243                      5.763284 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 3p ordinary                CFD                   Long                       6907                       5.76775156 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 3p ordinary                CFD                   Long                       13376                      5.8039997 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 3p ordinary                CFD                   Short                      220                        5.728 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 3p ordinary                CFD                   Short                      2468                       5.75 GBP 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (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 
 
 
   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: 
  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 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" 
 
   None 
 
 
 Date of disclosure:    02 March 2020 
 Contact name:          Wendy Dent 
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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 [e-mail]

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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