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Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

30th Apr 2014 13:02

RNS Number : 9245F
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
30 April 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:

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Pfizer Inc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

Pfizer Inc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

29/04/2014

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

No

 

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:

 

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

6,963,935

0.109

7,205,118

0.113

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

0

0

0

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

8,074,900

0.126

4,235,900

0.066

 

TOTAL:

15,038,835

0.235

11,441,018

0.179

 

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(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

Common

Purchase

338

31.53

Common

Purchase

559

31.57

Common

Purchase

11800

31.58

Common

Purchase

200

31.585

Common

Purchase

3427

31.59

Common

Purchase

200

31.655

Common

Purchase

4463

31.66

Common

Purchase

4030

31.665

Common

Purchase

5498

31.67

Common

Purchase

484

31.685

Common

Purchase

9

31.69

Common

Purchase

109

31.725

Common

Purchase

13800

31.73

Common

Purchase

2170

31.735

Common

Purchase

5789

31.74

Common

Purchase

142

31.745

Common

Purchase

8407

31.75

Common

Purchase

32757

31.76

Common

Purchase

30

32.06

Total

94,212

 

 

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit USD

Common

Sale

89

31.55

Common

Sale

2263

31.555

Common

Sale

2550

31.56

Common

Sale

9902

31.565

Common

Sale

4428

31.57

Common

Sale

100

31.575

Common

Sale

151

31.6335

Common

Sale

24480

31.65

Common

Sale

7409

31.655

Common

Sale

8139

31.66

Common

Sale

162

31.665

Common

Sale

3293

31.68

Common

Sale

1596

31.685

Common

Sale

4272

31.73

Common

Sale

645

31.735

Common

Sale

42662

31.74

Common

Sale

700

31.745

Common

Sale

31987

31.76

Total

144,828

 

 

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

Common ISIN GB0009895292

Swaps

Long

34

31.547 USD

Common ISIN GB0009895292

Swaps

Long

55

31.547 USD

 

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

 

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

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"

 

None

 

 

(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"

 

None

 

 

(c) Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

30/04/2014

Contact name:

Stacy Otieno

Telephone number:

0207 995 1335

 

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 [email protected]. 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.

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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