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Rule 8.3-Taylor Nelson

RNS Number : 2728F
UBS AG
07 October 2008
 



FORM 8.3


DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)

 

1.    KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)

UBS AG London Branch

Company dealt in

Taylor Nelson Sofres Plc

Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)

5p ordinary


Date of dealing

06 OCTOBER 2008

 

2.    INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

 (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)


 

Long


Short


 

Number 

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities 

7,275,586

1.74%

74,205

0.02%

(2) Derivatives (other than options)





(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell





Total

7,275,586

1.74%

74,205

0.02%



(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)


Class of relevant security:

Long


Short


 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities 





(2) Derivatives (other than options)





(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell





Total






Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

 Class of relevant security:

Details




3.    DEALINGS (Note 4)



 (a)    Purchases and sales




Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit (Note 4)


PURCHASE

1672

234.75 pence

SALE

2355

235

SALE

1417

235

PURCHASE

2143

235.25

PURCHASE

2355

235.25

PURCHASE

4098

235.25

PURCHASE

2116

235.75

PURCHASE

2116

236

PURCHASE

2100

236.25

SALE

1988

236.25

SALE

1117

236.25

PURCHASE

2116

236.25

PURCHASE

2100

236.5

PURCHASE

88

236.5

PURCHASE

1988

236.5

PURCHASE

2116

236.5

PURCHASE

2645

236.75

PURCHASE

1988

236.75

SALE

2645

236.75

SALE

983

236.75

SALE

406

236.75

PURCHASE

942

236.75

SALE

4250

237

PURCHASE

333

237

PURCHASE

2909

237

PURCHASE

9000

237.5

PURCHASE

3072

237.5

PURCHASE

6194

237.75

PURCHASE

2156

238

PURCHASE

288

238

PURCHASE

4050

238

SALE

2324

238.25

SALE

1577

238.25

PURCHASE

2355

238.75

PURCHASE

13331

239

PURCHASE

13331

239

PURCHASE

873

239

PURCHASE

2355

239

SALE

581

239

PURCHASE

6147

239

PURCHASE

603

239

SALE

1055

239.25

SALE

3944

239.25

PURCHASE

5990

239.25

PURCHASE

260

239.25

PURCHASE

375

239.25

PURCHASE

2355

239.25

PURCHASE

3375

239.25

SALE

3375

239.25

SALE

375

239.25

PURCHASE

6250

239.25

PURCHASE

6750

239.25

SALE

6750

239.25

PURCHASE

4970

239.25

PURCHASE

2070

239.25

PURCHASE

1639

239.25

PURCHASE

3841

239.25

PURCHASE

2100

239.25

SALE

1270

239.5

PURCHASE

331

239.5

PURCHASE

10061

239.5

PURCHASE

1752

239.5

PURCHASE

1518

239.5

PURCHASE

2346

239.5

SALE

1518

239.5

PURCHASE

1940

239.5

SALE

1752

239.5

PURCHASE

1752

239.5

PURCHASE

1168

239.5

PURCHASE

4019

239.5

PURCHASE

9000

239.5

PURCHASE

312

239.5

PURCHASE

2100

239.5

SALE

2116

239.5

PURCHASE

2116

239.5

PURCHASE

13331

239.5

PURCHASE

13331

239.5

PURCHASE

2200

239.5

PURCHASE

13330

239.5

PURCHASE

6353

239.5

PURCHASE

6666

239.5

PURCHASE

4468

239.5

PURCHASE

3502

239.5

PURCHASE

10058

239.5

PURCHASE

10058

239.5

PURCHASE

1257

239.5

PURCHASE

10058

239.5

PURCHASE

5998

239.5

PURCHASE

5998

239.5

PURCHASE

5998

239.5

PURCHASE

5998

239.5

PURCHASE

4665

239.5

PURCHASE

1112

239.5

PURCHASE

5998

239.5

PURCHASE

391

239.5

PURCHASE

2355

239.5

PURCHASE

6353

239.5

PURCHASE

6353

239.5

PURCHASE

6353

239.5

PURCHASE

7543

239.5

PURCHASE

1466

239.5

PURCHASE

1988

239.5

PURCHASE

4849

239.5

PURCHASE

381

239.75

PURCHASE

2540

239.75

SALE

17459

240

SALE

710

240.125

SALE

1859

240.5

SALE

3453

240.5

SALE

549

240.5

PURCHASE

2250

241.5

SALE

2250

241.75

SALE

6322

242

SALE

5409

242.25

SALE

3391

242.25

SALE

145

243.25

PURCHASE

6147

244

SALE

1476

244.25

SALE

2500

244.25

SALE

2500

244.25

SALE

1557

244.25

SALE

2500

244.25

SALE

1534

244.25

SALE

4

244.25

SALE

2500

244.25

SALE

1143

244.5

SALE

890

244.5

SALE

1959

244.5

SALE

650

244.5

SALE

821

244.5

SALE

3086

244.5

SALE

831

244.5

SALE

4

244.5

SALE

235

244.5

SALE

1486

244.5

SALE

4627

244.5

SALE

1386

244.5

SALE

12955

244.5

SALE

427

244.75

SALE

1064

244.75

SALE

336

244.75

SALE

2000

245

SALE

4352

245

SALE

648

245

SALE

529

245

SALE

529

245

SALE

1355

245

SALE

2355

245

PURCHASE

2355

245

PURCHASE

1388

245

PURCHASE

5001

245

PURCHASE

4710

245

SALE

500000

245.13

SALE

500000

245.13

SALE

445

245.25

SALE

1059

245.25

SALE

1795

245.25

SALE

4

245.25

SALE

1731

245.25

SALE

956

245.25

SALE

2500

245.25

PURCHASE

1159

245.25

PURCHASE

1199

245.25

SALE

1442

245.5

SALE

2500

245.5

SALE

1000

245.5

SALE

1784

245.5

SALE

4

245.5

SALE

699

245.5

SALE

699

245.5

SALE

2208

245.5

SALE

1202

245.5

SALE

4315

245.5

SALE

1159

245.5

SALE

2500

245.5

SALE

1388

245.5

SALE

4764

245.5

PURCHASE

2355

245.5

SALE

4235

245.75

SALE

579

245.75

SALE

2750

245.75

SALE

990

245.75

PURCHASE

5585

245.75

PURCHASE

2355

245.75

PURCHASE

8545

245.75

PURCHASE

7065

246

SALE

5585

246

SALE

2218

246

SALE

5199

246

SALE

2102

246

SALE

3968

246

SALE

13331

246

SALE

3231

246

SALE

3232

246

PURCHASE

3250

246

SALE

3250

246.25

SALE

3380

246.25

SALE

8612

246.25

SALE

4764

246.25

SALE

1308

246.25

SALE

10525

246.25

SALE

1182

246.25

SALE

8687

246.25

SALE

296

246.5

SALE

4

246.5

SALE

4764

246.5

SALE

587

246.5

SALE

2647

246.5

SALE

3891

246.5

SALE

3176

246.5

SALE

1027

246.5

SALE

1027

246.5

SALE

8782

246.5

SALE

781

246.5

SALE

1724

246.5

SALE

2293

246.5

SALE

2615

246.5

SALE

5658

246.5

SALE

4154

246.5

SALE

8409

246.5

SALE

171

246.5

SALE

2524

246.5

SALE

146

246.5

SALE

1745

246.5

SALE

2355

246.5

SALE

5420

246.5

SALE

970

246.5

SALE

101

246.5

SALE

1306

246.5

SALE

3097

246.5

SALE

3800

246.5

SALE

488

246.5

SALE

6542

246.5

SALE

2240

246.5

SALE

282

246.5

SALE

5922

246.5

SALE

500

246.5

SALE

496

246.5

SALE

2355

246.5

SALE

1658

246.5

SALE

1042

246.5

SALE

2

246.5

SALE

416

246.5

SALE

2453

246.5

SALE

1511

246.5

SALE

4842

246.5

SALE

746

246.5

SALE

2385

246.5

SALE

6231

246.5

SALE

419

246.5

SALE

480

246.5

SALE

420

246.5

SALE

7580

246.5

SALE

13331

246.5

SALE

442

246.5

SALE

13331

246.5

SALE

479

246.5

SALE

4183

246.5

SALE

429

246.5

PURCHASE

543

246.5

PURCHASE

1900

246.5

PURCHASE

205

246.5

SALE

14

246.75

SALE

529

246.75

SALE

3542

246.75

SALE

4094

246.75

SALE

4764

246.75

SALE

4764

246.75

SALE

1843

246.75

SALE

8100

246.75

SALE

5815

246.75

SALE

697

246.75

SALE

4764

246.75

SALE

4764

246.75

SALE

12431

246.75

SALE

7692

246.75

SALE

5542

246.75

SALE

2105

246.75

SALE

803

246.75

SALE

1900

246.75

SALE

756

246.75

SALE

6088

246.75

SALE

3242

246.75

SALE

2443

246.75

SALE

11072

246.75

SALE

5135

246.75

SALE

3139

246.75

SALE

425

246.75

SALE

3663

246.75

SALE

2793

246.75

SALE

420

246.75

SALE

1493

246.75

SALE

401

246.75

SALE

4096

246.75

SALE

1000

246.75

SALE

373

246.75

SALE

2231

246.75

SALE

471

246.75

SALE

4640

246.75

SALE

2035

246.75

SALE

428

246.75

SALE

10000

246.75

SALE

3331

246.75

SALE

8638

246.75

PURCHASE

1647

246.75

SALE

4600

247

SALE

10176

247

SALE

4764

247

SALE

1976

247

PURCHASE

4066

247

PURCHASE