HSBC Bank Plc - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Capital & Counties Properties PLC

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
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Capital & Counties Properties PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Offeror – Capital & Counties Properties PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	28 February 2023
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	Yes - Shaftesbury PLC

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 security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received (GBP)	Lowest price per unit paid/received (GBP)
Ordinary Shares	Purchase	24,443	126.376 P	125.273 P
Ordinary Shares	Sale	173,144	126.700 P	125.300 P

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit (GBP)
	e.g. CFD	e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	92,371	126.375 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	8,082	126.390 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a short position	871	126.190 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a short position	2,896	126.376 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a short position	4,913	126.223 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a short position	4,267	125.273 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	6	126.687 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	1,243	126.628 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	393	126.620 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	41,492	126.397 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	411	126.597 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	714	126.664 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a short position	111	126.190 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a short position	370	126.376 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a short position	512	126.138 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a short position	545	125.273 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	3	126.687 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	373	126.628 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	161	126.585 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	12,420	126.397 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	123	126.458 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Reducing a short position	346	126.596 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Closing a short position	3	126.687 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Closing a short position	307	126.628 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Closing a short position	97	126.581 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Closing a short position	4,365	126.397 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Closing a short position	101	126.416 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Closing a short position	175	126.584 p

(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)

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:	01 March 2023
Contact name:	Mukhtar Khan
Telephone number:	0207 088 2000

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.