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RNS Number : 5853I

UBS AG (EPT)

02 June 2014

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                                      UBS Investment Bank, London 
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 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:        Dixons Retail Plc 
  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:       Carphone Warehouse Grp Plc 
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 (d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                        30 May 2014 
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 (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in                    Yes 
 respect                                                                                    Carphone Warehouse Grp Plc 
 of any other party to this offer? 
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   2.         POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 

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

 
 Class of relevant security: 
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                                                       Interests       Short positions 
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                                                     Number     %      Number      % 
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 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:    119521   0.00%      0       0.00% 
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 (2) Derivatives (other than options):                 0      0.00%      0       0.00% 
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 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:          0      0.00%      0       0.00% 
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   TOTAL:                                            119521   0.00%      0       0.00% 
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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).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

 
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: 
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 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: 
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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(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

   3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 
   (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
 Class of relevant security    Purchase/sale    Number of securities   Price per unit 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              3906                   0.48080 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              2491                   0.48180 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              4015                   0.48190 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              13460                  0.48210 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              11178                  0.48220 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              8830                   0.48260 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              4069                   0.48280 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              4150                   0.48290 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              4776                   0.48420 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              5910                   0.48450 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              4090                   0.48460 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              4144                   0.48480 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              11277                  0.48490 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              112029                 0.48500 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              12715                  0.48530 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              5165                   0.48550 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              10544                  0.48620 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              12306                  0.48700 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             3906                   0.48090 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             3660                   0.48190 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             2491                   0.48200 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             15746                  0.48230 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             4749                   0.48240 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             5256                   0.48250 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             8382                   0.48290 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             8667                   0.48300 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             176                    0.48430 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             15206                  0.48470 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             8074                   0.48490 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             12888                  0.48500 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             21473                  0.48510 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             9333                   0.48550 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             5165                   0.48560 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             3382                   0.48570 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             1253                   0.48610 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             6271                   0.48640 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             4260                   0.48650 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             12306                  0.48720 GBP 
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  TOTAL BUY :                                   235055 
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  TOTAL SALE :                                  152644 
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   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description      Nature of dealing         Number of reference      Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing a           securities 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
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   (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of       Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise          Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant     description    purchasing,     securities      price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security      e.g. call       selling,       to which         unit         American,                   received per 
                   option      varying etc.      option                        European                       unit 
                                                relates                          etc. 
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   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit 
                                e.g. call option 
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   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion 
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

   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 exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party 
  to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: 
  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" 
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   None 
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   (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" 
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   None 
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   (c)        Attachments 
 
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?   NO 
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 Date of disclosure:               02 June 2014 
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 Contact name:                     Gemma Crewdson 
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 Telephone number:                 +44 (0)20 7568 1245 
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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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