TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 01/14/15 -- FORM 8.3
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED)
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
1. KEY INFORMATION
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Name of person dealing The Canada Life Assurance Company, The Great-West
(Note 1) Life Assurance Company, Great-West Life & Annuity
Insurance Company, I.G. Investment Management,
Ltd., Irish Life Investment Managers Limited,
London Life Insurance Company, PanAgora Asset
Management Inc., The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC,
Putnam Investments Limited and Putnam Investment
Management, LLC, Setanta Asset Management Limited,
all of which are investment management
subsidiaries of Power Corporation of Canada
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Company dealt in Aer Lingus Group plc
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Class of relevant EUR0.05 ordinary shares (ISIN: IE00B1CMPN86)
security to which the
dealings being disclosed
relate (Note 2)
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Date of dealing 13 January 2015
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2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)
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Long Short
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Number (%) Number (%)
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(1) Relevant securities 15,586,335 (2.92%)
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(2) Derivatives (other than options)
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(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell
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Total 15,586,335 (2.92%)
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(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)
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Class of relevant security: Long Short
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Number (%) Number (%)
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(1) Relevant securities
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(2) Derivatives (other than options)
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(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
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Total
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3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
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Number of relevant Price per unit
Purchase/sale securities (Note 5)
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Buy 8,415 2.410 Euro
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Buy 5779 2.410 Euro
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Buy 60806 2.410 Euro
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(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
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Number of
Nature of relevant
transaction securities Price per unit
Product name, e.g. CFD (Note 6) (Note 7) (Note 5)
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(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Number of
Writing, securities
Product selling, to which Type, e.g. Option money
name, purchasing, the option American, paid/received
e.g. call varying relates Exercise European Expiry per unit (Note
option etc. (Note 7) price etc. date 5)
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(ii) Exercising
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Exercise price per
Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities unit (Note 5)
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(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)
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Price per unit
Nature of transaction (if applicable)
(Note 8) Details (Note 5)
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4. 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) No ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of disclosure 14 January 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact name John Mulligan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telephone number 204-956-8653 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contacts:
John Mulligan
204-956-8653
