Investec Bank plc Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Thorntons Plc

 
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   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: 
                                                             Investec Bank plc 
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant 
 securities this form relates:                               Thorntons plc 
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt 
 principal trader is connected:                              Investec are Advisor and Broker to Thorntons plc 
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 
                                                             6(th) July 2015 
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today       Yes 
 disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other 
 party to this offer? 
 
 
   2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 
 
   (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                  (pence)                              (pence) 
                                     securities 
 
  Ordinary Shares       Purchase        4,657                   143.018                               143.018 
 
  Ordinary Shares        Sales          4,657                     145                                   145 
 
 
   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
 
 
 
Class of  Product description                         Nature of dealing                          Number of   Price 
relevant        e.g. CFD        e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing  reference    per 
security                                             a long/short position                       securities  unit 
 
 
 
   (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     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)        Exercising 
 
 
 
 
Class of relevant  Product description      Number of       Exercise price per 
    security         e.g. call option       securities             unit 
 
 
 
   (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) 
 
 
 
   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" 
 
 
 
   (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" 
 
 
 
 
 
 Date of disclosure: 
                        7(th) July 2015 
 Contact name: 
                        Collette Miller 
 Telephone number: 
                        020 7597 4658 
 
 
   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 
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
 
   This announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on 
behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients. 
 
   The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely 
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information 
contained therein. 
 
   Source: Investec Bank plc via Globenewswire 
 
   HUG#1935069 
 
 
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