TIDMMERL
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) Identity of the person Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP
whose positions/dealings
are being disclosed:
(b) Owner or controller Fund(s) for whom Kite Lake
of interests and short Capital Management
positions disclosed, if (UK) LLP is the Investment Manager
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle
companies is insufficient
(c) Name of offeror/offeree Merlin Entertainments 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 1st November 2019
undertaken:
(f) Has the discloser previously No
disclosed,
or are they today disclosing,
under the Code in respect of any
other party to this offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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 Ordinary Shares
security: Isin: GB00BDZT6P94
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities 0 0% 0 0
owned
and/or controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other 11,974,661 1.17% 0 0
than options):
(3) Options and 0 0% 0 0
agreements
to purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 11,974,661 1.17% 0 0
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation
to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
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.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
security
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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
Ordinary Shares CFD Reducing 800,000 454.50
a Long
Position
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry date Option
relevant description purchasing, of price e.g. money
security e.g. selling, securities per unit American, paid/
call varying to European received
option etc. which etc. per
option unit
relates
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product description Number of securities Exercise price
security e.g. call option per unit
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if
e.g. subscription, applicable)
conversion
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(c), copy
table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional
class of relevant security dealt in.
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:
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 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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 4th November 2019
Contact name: Lorenzo Farina
Telephone number: 0207 052 8317
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 dealing 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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