Form 8 (OPD) - Irish Residential Properties REIT plc
Irish Residential Properties REIT plc (IRES)
Form 8 (OPD) - Irish Residential Properties REIT plc
19-Jan-2024 / 17:45 GMT/BST
FORM 8.1(a) (b)
(Opening Position Disclosure)
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1(a) AND (b) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2022 BY AN OFFEROR OR AN OFFEREE
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser:
Irish Residential Properties REIT plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
Irish Residential Properties REIT plc
(d) Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree?
Offeree
(e) Date position held:
The latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
18 January 2024
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser also making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”
No
2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
If there are interests and positions to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2 for each additional class of relevant security.
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Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates (Note 1)
Class of relevant security: (Note 2)
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
NIL
-
NIL
-
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
NIL
-
NIL
-
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell:
NIL
-
NIL
-
Total:
NIL
-
NIL
-
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of options including rights to subscribe for new securities and any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8.
3. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Details of any interests and short positions (including directors’ and other employee options) of any person acting in concert with the party making the disclosure:
a) Interests held by directors of the Offeree, their close relatives and related trusts in the ordinary shares of €0.10 each in the capital of the Offeree ("Ordinary Shares")
Director
Number of Ordinary Shares held
Percentage of total issued Ordinary Shares
Declan Moylan
150,000
0.03%
Margaret Sweeney
512,254
0.1%
Brian Fagan
166,737
0.03%
Hugh Scott-Barrett
40,000
0.01%
Joan Garahy
34,850
0.01%
Philip Burns
-
-
Stefanie Frensch
30,000
0.01%
Tom Kavanagh
81,129
0.02%
Denise Turner
41,666
0.01%
b) Directors’ options to subscribe for Ordinary Shares granted under the IRES Long Term Incentive Plan
Director
Award Date
No. of Ordinary Shares Under Option
Exercise Price per Share (€)
Vesting Date of Options (from)
Expiry Date
Margaret Sweeney
18-Jun-19
1,302,461
1.71
18-Jun-20
17-Jun-26
Margaret Sweeney
10-Jul-19
1,294,038
1.682
10-Jul-20
9-Jul-26
Margaret Sweeney
16-Nov-17
2,000,000
1.489
16-Nov-18
15-Nov-24
c) Directors’ conditional performance-based share awards granted under the IRES Long Term Incentive Plan
Director
Award Date
No. of Ordinary Shares
Vesting Date (from)
Margaret Sweeney
05-Mar-21
335,820
05-Mar-24
Margaret Sweeney
23-Feb-22
430,369
23-Feb-25
Margaret Sweeney
15-Mar-23
750,000
15-Mar-26
Brian Fagan
05-Aug-21
196,203
05-Aug-24
Brian Fagan
25-Feb-22
221,476
25-Feb-25
Brian Fagan
15-Mar-23
358,586
15-Mar-26
d) Interests and short positions held by J Davy, presumed concert party of the Offeree
Class of relevant security: Ordinary Shares
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
67,940*
0.01%
Nil
-
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
Nil
-
Nil
-
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell:
Nil
-
Nil
-
Total:
67,940*
0.01%
Nil
-
* Held on behalf of discretionary investment clients
e) Interests and short positions held by Barclays Capital Securities Ltd, presumed concert party of the Offeree
Class of relevant security: Ordinary Shares
Interests
Short positions
Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
3,960,329
0.75
810,363
0.15
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
793,557
0.15
3,876,063
0.73
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell:
Nil
-
Nil
-
Total:
4,753,886
0.90
4,686,426
0.88
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8.
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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:
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
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.
None
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached?
YES/NO
No
Date of disclosure:
19 January 2024
Contact name:
Anna-Marie Curry
Telephone number:
+353 (0)1 5634012
Public disclosures under Rule 8.1 of the Rules must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
ISIN: IE00BJ34P519 Category Code: MSCM TIDM: IRES LEI Code: 635400EOPACLULRENY18 OAM Categories: 3.1. Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a Member State Sequence No.: 298664 EQS News ID: 1819293
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