Form 8 (OPD) (MMGG Aquisition PLC) (1651E)

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RNS Number : 1651E

MMGG Acquisition Limited

25 May 2012

FORM 8 (OPD)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER

Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

   1.         KEY INFORMATION 
 
(a) Identity of the party to the offer making the disclosure:                                 MMGG ACQUISITION 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 
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:       MORSON GROUP PLC 
 Use a separate form for each party to the offer 
(d) Is the party to the offer making the disclosure the offeror or the offeree?               OFFEROR 
(e) Date position held:                                                                       24 May 2012 
(f) Has the party previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect  NO 
 of any other party to this offer? 
 
   2.         POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

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

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

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).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

   (b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities 
 
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.

   (c)        Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent 
 
Details of any irrevocable commitments or letters of intent procured by the party to the offer 
 making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it (see Note 3 on Rule 2.11 of 
 the Code): 
 
 AXA Investment Managers UK Limited - 4,784,750 Ordinary shares (10.55%) 
I G Knight - 20,000 Ordinary shares (0.04%) 
G G Mason - 9,984,215 Ordinary shares (22.02%) 
G A Mason - 9.984,215 Ordinary shares (22.02%) 
P J Gilmour - 630,000 Ordinary shares (1.39%) 
K P Gorton - 611,200 Ordinary shares (1.35%) 
 
 
   3.         POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe of any person acting in 
 concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure: 
 
 G G Mason - 9,984,215 Ordinary shares (22.02%) 
G A Mason - 10,906,090 Ordinary shares (24.05%) 
P J Gilmour - 630,000 Ordinary shares (1.39%) 
KP Gorton - 611,200 Ordinary shares (1.35%) 
(Directors of MMGG Acquisition PLC) 
 
 Options over Morson Ordinary Shares 
P J Gilmour - 965,942 options over Morson Ordinary shares 
 K P Gorton - 965,942 options over Morson Ordinary shares 
 (Directors of MMGG Acquisition PLC) (exercise prices of between 89.5p-172.5p per share)

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 3 for each additional class of relevant security.

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).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

   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: 
 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 party 
 to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, 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" 
 
 None 
 
   (c)        Attachments

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

 
Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)  NO 
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)             NO 
 
 
Date of disclosure:   25 MAY 2012 
Contact name:         MARK BRADY 
Telephone number:     0203 368 3551

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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