RNS Number : 0165H
Zinc Media Group PLC
02 June 2017
 

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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:

ROBERT N. KEITH

(b) Owner or controller of interests 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.


(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

ZINC MEDIA GROUP PLC

(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:


(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

2 JUNE 2017

 

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:

0.00025p ordinary


Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

15,750,000

2.54%



(2) Cash-settled derivatives:





(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:





 

TOTAL:

15,750,000

2.54%



 

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 in relation to which subscription right exists:


Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:


 

 

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 security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit





 

(b)        Cash-settled   derivative   transactions

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a

long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit






 

(c)        Stock-settled   derivative   transactions   (including   options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing  or varying

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g.

American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit







(d)        Other   dealings   (including   subscribing   for   new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)





 

 

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:

2 JUNE 2017

Contact name:

JOCELYN M. BENNETT

Telephone number:

+41 22 809 9500

 

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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