Form 8 (OPD) (Sky High plc)

RNS Number : 8769A
Tracsis PLC
26 March 2013
 



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) Identity of the party to the offer making the disclosure:

Tracsis plc ("Tracsis")

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient

-

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each party to the offer

Sky High plc ("Sky High")

(d) Is the party to the offer making the disclosure the offeror or the offeree?

OFFEROR

(e) Date position held:

26 March 2013

(f)  Has the party previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

NO

If YES, specify which:

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates

 

Class of relevant security:

 


 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

NIL

-

NIL

-

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

NIL

-

NIL

-

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

NIL

-

NIL

-

 

     TOTAL:

NIL

-

NIL

-

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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:

NIL

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

NIL

 

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.

 

(c)        Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent

 

Details of any irrevocable commitments or letters of intent procured by the party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it (see Note 3 on Rule 2.11 of the Code):

 

(i) Under a Management Agreement dated 25 March 2013 Tracsis has agreed to acquire and Mark Mattison, Grant Wilson, Martin Prowse (directors of Sky High plc) and Paul Jackson, Peter Agnew and Kevin Stewart (senior managers of Sky High plc) have agreed to sell 3,526,358 Sky High Shares representing approximately 16.39 per cent. of the issued Sky High Shares, in exchange for the issue to them of 308,563 Tracsis Shares, representing approximately 1.22 per cent. of the issued share capital of Tracsis following their issue.

 

(ii) Tracsis has agreed to acquire 166,667 Sky High Shares from the Prowse Trust (a Connected Person of Martin Prowse, a director), representing 0.77 per cent of all the issued Sky High Shares, at the same price as the Offer Shares.

 

(iii) The following Management Shareholders have entered into irrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer (or procure acceptance of the Offer as the case may be) in respect of the following Sky High Shares:

 

Management

Shareholder

Number of

Sky High Shares

% of

Sky High Shares

 

% of

Offer Shares

Mark Mattison

1,651,756

7.68

9.27

 

Kevin Stewart

62,500

0.29

0.35

 

TOTAL

1,714,256

7.97

9.62

 

(iv) The following Independent Directors have entered into irrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer (or procure acceptance of the Offer, as the case may be) in respect of the following Sky High Shares, and to vote (or procure the voting) in favour of the Ordinary Resolution in respect of the following Eligible Voting Shares:

 

Independent Director

Number of Sky High Shares

% of Sky High Shares

% of Offer Shares

% of Eligible Voting Share

Richard Jackson

2,329,256

10.82

13.07

14.46

 

Michael Jackson

797,693

3.71

4.47

4.95

 

David Lowe

485,193

2.25

2.72

3.01

 

Sir John Madejski OBE DL*

5,635,709*

26.19

31.62

34.98

 

W&E Jackson

Settlement Trust

1,571,756

7.30

8.82

9.76

 

TOTAL

10,819,607

50.28

60.70

67.16

 

 

 

* Of these, (i) 1,500,000 Sky High Shares are registered in the name of Sir John Madejski OBE DL and (ii) 4,135,709 Sky High Shares are registered in the name of Clearview Traffic Group Limited, a company in which Sir John Madejski OBE DL is a director and shareholder.

 

(v) The following Sky High Shareholders have entered into irrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer (or procure acceptance of the Offer as the case may be) in respect of the following Sky High Shares, and to vote (or procure the voting) in favour of the Ordinary Resolution in respect of the following Eligible Voting Shares:

 

Shareholder

Number of Sky High Shares

% of Sky High Shares

% of Offer Shares

% of Eligible Voting Share

Irene Helps

392,939

1.83

2.20

2.44

 

Kenneth Ian Mackay

329,939

1.83

2.20

2.44

 

TOTAL

785,878

3.66

4.40

4.88

 

Accordingly, Tracsis has received, in aggregate, irrevocable undertakings in respect of in aggregate a total of:

 

(i) 13,319,741 Sky High Shares, to accept the Offer, representing approximately 74.73 per cent. of the Offer Shares and 62.68 per cent. of all the issued Sky High Shares; and

(ii) 11,605,485 Eligible Voting Shares, to vote in favour of the Ordinary Resolution, representing approximately 61.90 per cent. of the Eligible Voting Shares.

 

The agreement by the Management Shareholders to sell Sky High Shares pursuant to the Management Agreement referred to above is conditional upon the passing of the Ordinary Resolution to approve the Management Arrangements and the Offer becoming or being declared unconditional in all respects. Subject thereto, the agreement would therefore remain binding in the event of a competing offer being made for Sky High.

 

The agreement with the Prowse Trust to sell Sky High Shares pursuant to the terms of the Prowse Trust Agreement referred to above is conditional only upon the Offer becoming or being declared unconditional in all respects. Subject thereto, the agreement would therefore remain binding in the event of a competing offer being made for Sky High.

 

The undertakings by the Management Shareholders, the Independent Directors and the Sky High Shareholders referred to above require the Management Shareholders, the Independent Directors and the Sky High Shareholders to accept (or procure acceptance of) the Offer in respect of the Sky High Shares in which they are interested within 7 Business Days of posting the Offer Document. These undertakings cease to be binding only if the Offer lapses or is withdrawn. The undertakings will therefore remain binding in the event of a competing offer being made for Sky High.

 

 

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 of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure:

 

(i) As at the close of business on the disclosure date, the interests (all of which are beneficial unless otherwise stated), of the Tracsis Directors and their respective related parties, in relevant Sky High securities were as follows:

 

Name

Number of Sky High Shares

% of Sky High Shares

 

John McArthur

41,874*

0.19%

 

 

* John McArthur holds 41,874 Sky High Shares beneficially via a self invested personal pension which are registered in the name of Lawshare Nominees Limited.

 

(ii) As at the close of business of the disclosure date, the interests of WH Ireland Limited, as a person acting in concert with Tracsis plc, in relevant Sky High Securties were as follows. There were no dealings in relevant Sky High Securities by WH Ireland Limited, during the disclosure period:

 

Name

Number of Sky High Shares

% of Sky High Shares

WH Ireland Limited*

515,000

2.39%

 

* the relevant Sky High shares are held in discretionary accounts on behalf of clients of WH Ireland Limited.

 

 

 

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 3 for each additional class of relevant security.

 

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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).

 

4.         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 party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

Nil

 

 

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, 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"

 

(i) As at the disclosure date, the following options had been granted to the Sky High Directors under the Sky High share option schemes:

 

Option Holders

Sky High EMI Options

Exercise Price

Sky High Unapproved Options

Exercise Price

David Lowe  



255,000

12.5p

Grant Wilson

127,000

12.5p



 

However, subject to and conditional upon the Offer becoming or being declared  unconditional in all respects, each of the option holders has voluntarily surrendered such options and waived their rights under Rule 15 of the Code, which would have required Tracsis to have made an appropriate offer to them to ensure that their interests were safeguarded. Consequently, the Panel has granted dispensation in respect of making an appropriate offer under Rule 15 of the Code.

 

(ii) As at the disclosure date, the following options had been granted to Paul Jackson (a director of Sky High Technology Limited and subsidiary of Sky High) and  Steven Hanson (a Sky High employee) under the Sky High share option schemes:

 

Option Holders

Sky High EMI Options

Exercise Price

Paul Jackson

100,000

12.5p

Steven Hanson

107,317

20.5

 

However each of the option holders has subject to and conditional upon the Offer becoming or being declared  unconditional in all respects, voluntarily surrendered such options and waived their rights under Rule 15 of the Code, which would have required Tracsis to have made an appropriate offer to them to ensure that their interests were safeguarded. Consequently, the Panel has granted dispensation in respect of making an appropriate offer under Rule 15 of the Code.

 

 

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

 

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)

NO

Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

26 March 2013

Contact name:

Katy Mitchell

Telephone number:

07917 442517

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

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

 


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