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RNS Number : 9276J

UBS AG (EPT)

18 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 
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 (d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                       17 June 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 
 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:    23616    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:                                            23616    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              2968                   0.47250 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              3970                   0.47320 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              4687                   0.47330 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              7034                   0.47340 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              2849                   0.47355 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              5487                   0.47410 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              4172                   0.47420 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              2000                   0.47520 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              858                    0.47550 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              3903                   0.47680 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              3051                   0.47690 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              5152                   0.47710 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              451                    0.47760 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              7004                   0.47780 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              2682                   0.47790 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Buy              74681                  0.47840 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             3051                   0.47260 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             16802                  0.47280 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             3970                   0.47330 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             5446                   0.47340 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             4517                   0.47360 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             15381                  0.47430 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             17311                  0.47450 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             1483                   0.47460 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             3331                   0.47530 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             3548                   0.47560 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             13933                  0.47660 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             5106                   0.47690 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             3023                   0.47700 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             8357                   0.47720 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             5425                   0.47770 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             8351                   0.47790 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             4185                   0.47800 GBP 
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 2.5p ordinary                 Sell             9883                   0.47840 GBP 
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  TOTAL BUY :                                   130949 
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  TOTAL SALE :                                  133103 
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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:               18 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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