Weiss Asset Management LP Form 8.3 - Low & Bonar PLC (6974P)
October 14 2019 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMLWB
RNS Number : 6974P
Weiss Asset Management LP
11 October 2019
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) Full name of discloser: Weiss Asset Management
LP (Investment Manager
of Brookdale International
Partners, L.P. and Brookdale
Global Opportunity Fund)
(b) Owner or controller of interests N/A
and short positions disclosed, if
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle
companies is insufficient. For a
trust, the trustee(s), settlor and
beneficiaries must be named.
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation Low & Bonar PLC
to whose relevant securities this
form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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(d) If an exempt fund manager connected N/A
with an offeror/offeree, state this
and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
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(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 11 October 2019
For an opening position disclosure,
state the latest practicable date
prior to the disclosure
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(f) In addition to the company in No
1(c) above, is the discloser making
disclosures in respect of any other
party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible
cash offer, state "N/A"
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2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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.
(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: 5p ordinary - 689,756,295
(ISIN: GB0005363014)
Interests Short Positions
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Number % Number %
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(1) Relevant securities
owned and/or controlled:
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 9,700,000 1.41 %
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives
(including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell:
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TOTAL: 9,700,000 1.41 %
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All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions
(including traded options), 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 employee options)
Class of relevant security N/A
in relation to which subscription
right exists:
Details, including nature N/A
of the rights concerned and
relevant percentages:
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3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be
stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/Sale Number of securities Price per unit
security
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(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 securities
a long/short position,
increasing/reducing
a long/short position
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long 1,250,000 GBP 0.1410
position
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(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 etc. option etc. received
relates per unit
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(ii) Exercise
Class of Product description Exercising/ Number of Exercise
relevant e.g. call exercised securities price per
security option against unit
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per
security e.g. subscription, unit (if applicable)
conversion
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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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:
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 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? No
Date of disclosure: 11 October 2019
Contact name: Georgiy Nikitin
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Telephone number: +1-617-778-7780
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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 disclosure requirements on
+44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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