FirstGroup PLC — Director's Dealing 2018

Apr 30, 2018

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RNS Number : 5493M

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

30 April 2018

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:	Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	FirstGroup plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Apollo Management IX L.P.
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	27 APRIL 2018
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today  disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	No

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	Lowest price per unit paid/received
5p ordinary	PURCHASES	522,729	1.1580 GBP	1.1190 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	404,861	1.1470 GBP	1.1180 GBP

(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
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	6,796	1.1307 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	40,000	1.1355 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	96,202	1.1360 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	13,361	1.1360 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	7,153	1.1360 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	210	1.1379 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	1	1.1383 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	1	1.1383 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	43,529	1.1383 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	16,463	1.1401 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	2,810	1.1436 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	3	1.1440 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	LONG	4,000	1.1460 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	3,000	1.1260 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	1,900	1.1280 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	2,814	1.1284 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	2,000	1.1290 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	37,893	1.1314 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	30,000	1.1338 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	2	1.1350 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	8,757	1.1351 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	4,770	1.1353 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	15,914	1.1354 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	21,673	1.1360 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	112,918	1.1360 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	2,100	1.1362 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	13,848	1.1369 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	10,081	1.1378 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	6,382	1.1378 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	SHORT	13,178	1.1384 GBP

(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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description            e.g. call option	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(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)
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

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: 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:	30 APRIL 2018
###### Contact name:	Craig Horsley
###### Telephone number:	+44(141) 245 7736

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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