Tarsus : Form 8.3 - TARSUS GROUP PLC

NEW YORK--(BUSINESSWIRE)--

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:		Water Island Capital, LLC
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient		N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:		TARSUS GROUP PLC
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify
identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:		13 August 2019
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in
respect of any other party to this offer?		NO

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(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:		Ordinary shares
			Interests		Short positions
			Number		%		Number		%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				1.19
			1,543,107
(2)	Derivatives (other than options):
(3)	Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
					1.19
TOTAL:		1,543,107

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:

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

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.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit

Ordinary Shares

Purchase

16,006

GBP 4.24

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of reference		Price per
security		description		e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a		securities		unit
		e.g. CFD		long/short position

1. Options transactions in respect of existing securities

1. Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of

Product description

Writing, purchasing,

Number of securities to

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option money paid/

relevant

e.g. call option

selling, varying etc.

which option relates

price per unit

e.g. American,

date

received per unit

security

European etc.

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security Product description Number of securities Exercise price per unit

e.g. call option

(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

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(c), 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 person 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"

None

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

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

1. the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
2. 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"

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:		14 August 2019
Contact name:		Scott Gordon
Telephone number:		917-475-9254

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 [e-mail]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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

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