HSBC Bank Malta Plc

M&A Activity • May 29, 2023

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

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	Civitas Social Housing PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Offeror -Wellness Unity Limited (a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of CK Asset Holdings Limited)
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	26 May 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”	N/A

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	217,098	80.952 p	79.800 p
Ordinary Shares	Sale	22,000	79.900 p	79.800 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	Increasing a Short Position	10,106	80.171 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	12,723	80.030 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	5,973	80.254 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	2,144	79.902 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	6,061	79.850 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	3,290	80.952 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	13,720	80.207 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	3,700	80.171 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	4,659	80.030 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	2,188	80.254 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	785	79.902 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	2,219	79.850 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,204	80.952 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	5,023	80.207 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	7,566	80.171p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	9,525	80.030 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	4,471	80.254 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,605	79.902 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	4,537	79.850 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	2,462	80.952 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	10,271	80.207 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	5,626	80.171 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	7,083	80.030 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	3,325	80.254 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,194	79.902 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	3,374	79.850 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,831	80.952 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	7,638	80.207 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	6,305	80.171 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	7,938	80.030 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	3,727	80.254 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,338	79.902 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	3,782	79.850 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	2,052	80.952 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	8,560	80.207 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,897	80.171 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	2,388	80.030 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,120	80.255 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	401	79.902 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,135	79.850 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	618	80.952 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	2,572	80.207 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,303	80.171 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,640	80.030 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	770	80.253 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	276	79.902 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	781	79.850 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	424	80.952 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	1,768	80.207 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:	29 May 2023
Contact name:	Abdul Qader Mohammed
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.