Morgan Stanley & Co. - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Replacement of Britvic plc

RNS Number : 9878Q

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

20 December 2024

AMENDMENT(2(a), 2(b))

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	Britvic plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Britvic plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	18 December 2024
(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

Lowest price per unit paid/received

20p ordinary

PURCHASES

512,339

13.0600 GBP

13.0491 GBP

20p ordinary

SALES

158,050

13.0600 GBP

13.0484 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
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	282	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	813	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	15	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	5,523	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	12	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,307	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	54,781	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	665	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	864	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	513	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	20,000	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	14,212	13.0529 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	20,369	13.0533 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	64,067	13.0533 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	500,000	13.0533 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	40,564	13.0533 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,901	13.0563 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	221,107	13.0565 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	84	13.0569 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	5,523	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	50,000	13.0585 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,000	13.0484 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	8,462	13.0487 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10,278	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	209	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	997	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	16,523	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	513	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,602	13.0500 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10,327	13.0501 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,500	13.0501 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	8,751	13.0501 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	9,771	13.0501 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	16,528	13.0501 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	8,661	13.0501 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	7,203	13.0501 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	18,872	13.0600 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	151	13.0600 GBP
20p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,438	13.0608 GBP

(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

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

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

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:	20 December 2024
Contact name:	Craig Horsley
Telephone number:	+44 141 245-7736

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