HSBC Bank Plc - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Civitas Social Housing PLC

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:	12 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	642,071	80.402 p	80.100 p
Ordinary Shares	Sale	6,000	80.200 p	80.100 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	78,282	80.120 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Increasing a Short Position	500,000	80.260 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	3,963	80.341p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	2,469	80.365 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	806	80.308 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	7,310	80.402 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	1,420	80.356 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	32	80.303 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	1,451	80.341 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	904	80.365 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	295	80.308 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	2,677	80.402 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	520	80.356 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	11	80.303 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	2,967	80.341p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	1,848	80.365 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	603	80.308 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	5,473	80.402 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	1,063	80.356p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	24	80.303 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	2,206	80.341 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	1,374	80.365 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	449	80.308 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	4,070	80.402 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	791	80.356 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	17	80.303 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	2,473	80.341 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	1,541	80.365 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	502	80.308 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	4,562	80.402 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	886	80.356 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	20	80.303 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	744	80.341 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	465	80.365 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	152	80.308 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	1,369	80.402 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	265	80.356 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	5	80.303 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	511	80.341 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	319	80.365 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	104	80.308 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	942	80.402 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	182	80.356 p
Ordinary Shares	Swap	Opening a short position	4	80.303 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:	15 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 [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.