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FORM 38.5(a)
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5(a) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013
DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS AND DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
1. KEY INFORMATION
+-------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+ |Name of exempt principal trader | Investec Bank plc | +-------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+ |Company dealt in | Aer Lingus Group plc| +-------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+ |Class of relevant security to which the dealings being | Ordinary | |disclosed relate (Note 1) | | +-------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+ |Date of dealing | 23(rd) April 2015 | +-------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+
2. DEALINGS (Note 2)
a. Purchases and sales
+------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+ |Total number of relevant|Highest price paid (Note |Lowest price paid (Note 3) | |securities acquired |3) | (Euros)| | | (Euros) | | +------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+ | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | +------------------------+-------------------------+---------------------------+
+----------------------+------------------------+------------------------------+ |Total number of | Highest price |Lowest price received (Note | |securities disposed |received (Note 3) |3) | | | (Euros) | (Euros) | +----------------------+------------------------+------------------------------+ | | | | | 6797 | 2.42 | 2.4 | +----------------------+------------------------+------------------------------+
a. Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
+-------------+---------------------+---------------------------+--------------+ |Product name,|Nature of transaction|Number of relevant |Price per unit| |e.g. CFD |(Note 4) |securities |(Note 3) | | | |(Note 5) | | +-------------+---------------------+---------------------------+--------------+ | | | | | +-------------+---------------------+---------------------------+--------------+
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a. Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities
i. Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+-------+--------------+ |Product |Writing, |Number of |Exercise |Type, e.g.|Expiry |Option money | |name, |selling, |securities |price |American, |date |paid/received | |e.g. call|purchasing, |to which | |European | |per unit (Note| |option |varying etc.|the option | |etc. | |3) | | | |relates | | | | | | | |(Note 5) | | | | | +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+-------+--------------+ | | | | | | | | +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+-------+--------------+
i. Exercising
+------------------+----------------------+----------------------------------+ | Product name, | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (Note 3) | | e.g. call option | | | +------------------+----------------------+----------------------------------+ | | | | +------------------+----------------------+----------------------------------+
3. OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |Date of disclosure | 24(th) April 2015 | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |Contact name | Jacqueline Lovis | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |Telephone number | 020 7597 4815 | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |Name of offeree/offeror with which | Aer Lingus Group plc | |connected | | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |Nature of connection (Note 6) | Broker and sponsor to the Offeree| +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
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Source: Investec Bank plc via GlobeNewswire [HUG#1914451]
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