Hsbc Bank Plc - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Talktalk Telecom Group Plc

 
TIDMTALK 
 
 
 
 
   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:                       HSBC BANK PLC 
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant 
 securities this form relates:                               TalkTalk Telecom Group plc 
 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 connected:                              Offeree - TalkTalk Telecom Group plc 
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(d) Date dealing undertaken: 
                                                             10 March 2021 
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(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the 
 exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect       N/A 
 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     Highest price per unit paid/received  Lowest price per unit paid/received 
    security                         number of                   (GBP)                                (GBP) 
                                     securities 
-----------------  ----------------  ----------  ------------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
                                       59,895                  97.000 p                             96.900 p 
  Ordinary Shares       Purchase 
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                                       50,652                  97.000 p                             96.900 p 
  Ordinary Shares       Purchase 
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   (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class of relevant  Product description                         Nature of dealing                          Number of   Price 
    security             e.g. CFD        e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing  reference    per 
                                                              a long/short position                       securities   unit 
                                                                                                                      (GBP) 
-----------------  -------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------------  ----------  ------ 
                                                                                                             799      96.958 
  Ordinary Shares          Swap                            Increasing a Short Position                                  p 
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                                                                                                            8,444     96.912 
  Ordinary Shares          Swap                            Increasing a Short Position                                  p 
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   (c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
 
 
 
 
 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class of    Product     Writing,    Number of   Exercise              Type               Expiry   Option 
relevant  description  purchasing,  securities   price     e.g. American, European etc.   date    money 
security   e.g. call    selling,     to which     per                                             paid/ 
            option       varying      option      unit                                           received 
                          etc.       relates                                                       per 
                                                                                                   unit 
--------  -----------  -----------  ----------  --------  -----------------------------  ------  -------- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   (ii)        Exercise 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Class of     Product description  Exercising/     Number of      Exercise 
  relevant       e.g. call option    exercised     securities      price per 
  security                            against                        unit 
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   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class of relevant         Nature of dealing         Details   Price per unit 
     security        e.g. subscription, conversion            (if applicable) 
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   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" 
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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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Date of disclosure:   11 March 2021 
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Contact name:         Mukhtar Khan 
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Telephone number:     0207 088 2000 
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   Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory 
Information Service. 
 
 
 
 
 
   The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in 
relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone] 
0129. 
 
 
 
 
 
   The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at 
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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