TIDMSOPH 
 
 

AMENDMENT TO S2(A) AND S3(B) OF 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:           Millennium International 
                                      Management LP 
(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           Sophos Group Plc 
in relation to whose 
relevant securities 
this form relates: 
Use a separate form for 
each offeror/offeree 
(d) If an exempt fund 
manager connected 
with an offeror/offeree, 
state this and specify identity 
of offeror/offeree: 
(e) Date position held/dealing        5 December 2019 
undertaken: 
For an opening position disclosure, 
state the latest 
practicable date prior 
to the disclosure 
(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" 
 
 

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     3p ordinary (GB00BYZFZ918) 
security: 
                      Interests              Short positions 
                      Number      %          Number  % 
(1) Relevant 
securities 
owned 
and/or controlled: 
(2) Cash-settled      12,664,295  2.575%     -       - 
derivatives: 
 
(3) Stock-settled 
derivatives 
(including options) 
and agreements to 
purchase/sell: 
                      12,664,295  2.575%     -       - 
TOTAL: 
 
 

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   Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit 
security 
 
 

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

 
Class of relevant   Product      Nature of            Number of reference  Price per unit 
security            description  dealing              securities 
                    e.g. CFD     e.g. 
                                 opening/closing 
                                 a 
                                 long/short 
                                 position, 
                                 increasing/reducing 
                                 a 
                                 long/short 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Reducing             13,886               5.57 GBP 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Increasing           111,500              7.32 USD 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Increasing           10,956               5.57 GBP 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Increasing           22,212               5.57 GBP 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Reducing             11,034               5.57 GBP 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Opening a long       6,153,200            7.32 USD 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Increasing           13,886               5.57 GBP 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Increasing           239,000              5.56 GBP 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Reducing             91,642               5.57 GBP 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Reducing             239,000              7.30 USD 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Reducing             6,153,200            7.32 USD 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Increasing           280,000              7.32 USD 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
GB00BYZFZ918        CFD          Increasing           11,034               5.57 GBP 
                                 a long 
                                 position 
 
 

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

 

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 
Class of   Product      Writing,     Number      Exercise  Type       Expiry  Option 
relevant   description  purchasing,  of          price     e.g.       d ate   money 
security   e.g. call    selling,     securities  per unit  American,          paid/ 
           option       varying      to                    European           received 
                        etc.         which                 etc.               per 
                                     option                                   unit 
                                     relates 
 
 

(ii) Exercise

 
Class of relevant   Product      Exercising/  Number         Exercise price 
security            description  exercised    of securities  per unit 
                    e.g. call    against 
                    option 
 
 

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

 
Class of relevant   Nature of dealing   Details  Price per unit (if 
security            e.g. subscription,           applicable) 
                    conversion 
 
 

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:   6 December 2019 
Contact name:         Milos Naumovic 
Telephone number:     +44 203 650 8203 
 
 

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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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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