DJ Form 8 - Daily Mail and General Trust plc
Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT)
Form 8 - Daily Mail and General Trust plc
23-Jul-2021 / 15:19 GMT/BST
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FORM 8 (OPD)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER
Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser: Daily Mail and General Trust
plc ("DMGT")
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1
(a):
n/a
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s),
settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Daily Mail and General Trust
plc
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(d) Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree? OFFEREE
(e) Date position held:
22 July 2021
The latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in
respect of any other party to the offer? n/a
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
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.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates
Class of relevant security:
DMGT 12.5p (non-voting) A Ordinary
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: Nil
Nil Nil Nil
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
Nil Nil Nil Nil
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: Nil Nil Nil Nil
TOTAL: Nil Nil Nil Nil
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: None Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: None
3. POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe (including directors' and other employee options) of
any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure:
1. Interests in relevant securities of DMGT held by DMGT directors and their close relatives and related trusts:
Interest
Director name
Lord Rothermere holds a total 26.40 per cent. interest in DMGT A Ordinary shares, as
follows:
1. Beneficial ownership of 610,375 A Ordinary shares in DMGT. The registered owner of
the shares is UBS Private Banking Nominees Limited.
2. UBS Private Banking Nominees Limited is the registered owner of 204,221 A Ordinary
shares in DMGT. The beneficial owners of these shares are David Nelson (a director of
DMGT) and Lady Claudia Rothermere (Lord Rothermere's wife) in their capacity as
trustees of the WM Trust. The shares are held for the benefit of Lord Rothermere and
members of his close family.
3. UBS Private Banking Nominees is the registered owner of 4,687,424 A Ordinary shares
in DMGT. The beneficial owners of these shares are Lord Rothermere, Lady Rothermere
and Vyvyan Harmsworth in their capacity as trustees of the Rothermere Foundation. The
The Right Honourable Jonathan Rothermere Foundation benefits charitable purposes.
Harold Esmond Vere Viscount
Rothermere ("Lord Rothermere
")
4. SIX SIS Ltd is the registered owner of 63,569 A Ordinary shares in DMGT. Ortalide
Investments Limited is the beneficial owner of the shares. Ortalide Investments
Limited is a company owned by a related trust - the Rothermere 1985 Bermudian
Declaration (The Hon Geraldine Harmsworth Maxwell Fund) - the beneficiaries of which
are Lord Rothermere's sister, Geraldine Harmsworth Maxwell, and her children.
Lord Rothermere is also a director of RCL, which is:
- The beneficial owner of 58,207,016 (27.61 per cent.) A Ordinary shares in DMGT. UBS
Private Banking Nominees Limited is the registered owner of 58,136,959 of the shares.
Wealth Nominees is the registered owner of the remaining 70,057 shares, which are
held by 1991 Harmsworth Declaration (Main Fund) as nominee for RCL; and
- The beneficial owner of 19,890,364 (100 per cent.) Ordinary Shares in DMGT. RCL is
the registered owner of 17,390,364 of these shares. Harmsworth Trust Company (PTC)
Limited is the registered owner of the remaining 2,500,000 shares.
Paul Zwillenberg holds a total 0.24 per cent. interest in A Ordinary Shares in DMGT, as
follows:
- The beneficial and registered owner of 506,437 A Ordinary shares in DMGT.
Paul Zwillenberg
- The beneficial owner of 1,037 A Ordinary Shares in DMGT. The registered owner of the
shares is Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited.
Kevin Beatty holds a total 0.29 per cent. interest in A Ordinary Shares in DMGT, as
follows:
- The beneficial owner of 607,086 A Ordinary Shares in DMGT. The registered owner of
Kevin Beatty the shares is JM Finn Limited.
- The beneficial owner of 2,204 A Ordinary Shares in DMGT. The registered owner of the
shares is Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited.
Kevin Parry holds a total 0.01 per cent. interest in A Ordinary Shares in DMGT, as
follows:
- The beneficial owner of 2,760 A Ordinary Shares in DMGT. The registered owner of the
Kevin Parry shares is CGWL Nominees Limited.
- The beneficial owner of 9,805 A Ordinary Shares in DMGT. The registered owner of the
shares is Barclays Nominees Limited.
Timothy Collier is the beneficial owner of 439,668 (0.21 per cent.) A Ordinary shares in
DMGT. The registered owner of the shares is Equiniti Global Nominees.
Timothy Collier
UBS Private Banking Nominees Limited is the registered owner of 204,221 (0.1 per cent.) A
Ordinary shares in DMGT which are beneficially owned by David Nelson and Lady Claudia
Rothermere (Lord Rothermere's wife) in their capacity as trustees of the WM Trust. The
David Nelson shares are held for the benefit of Lord Rothermere and the members of his close family.
François Morin is not personally interested in any relevant securities of DMGT. However,
he is a director of RCL, which is:
- The beneficial owner of 58,207,016 (27.61 per cent.) A Ordinary shares in DMGT. UBS
Private Banking Nominees Limited is the registered owner of 58,136,959 of the shares.
Wealth Nominees is the registered owner of the remaining 70,057 shares, which are
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