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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

1st Sep 2021 11:44

RNS Number : 3997K
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
01 September 2021
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITYRule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

Merrill Lynch International

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whoserelevant securities this form relates:Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Blue Prism Group plc

(c)

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

Blue Prism Group plc

(d)

Date dealing undertaken:

31/08/2021

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is theexempt principal trader making disclosures inrespect of any other party to this offer?If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

N/A

 

2.

DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional classof relevant security dealt in.The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchases/sales

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

1p ordinary

Purchase

292,976

11.528 GBP

8.39 GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

324,351

11.63 GBP

8.4 GBP

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.g. CFD

Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

2,482

10.274 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,030

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Closing a Short Position

75

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

9

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

542

9.876 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

1,052

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,727

10.274 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,664

11.085 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,123

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

511

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

112

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

11

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

5

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

190

9.876 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a long position

7

8.939 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

213

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

645

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,041

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,435

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

22

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

2,897

9.876 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Closing a Short Position

7,896

10.915 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a short position

11,786

8.897 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,966

11.085 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

353

11.293 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

110

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

10

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

30

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

117

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

488

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

30

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

491

9.876 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Opening a long position

101

10.915 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a long position

71

10.958 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

10,886

10.274 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

7,657

10.981 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

787

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,074

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

315

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

335

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

454

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,317

10.274 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

336

10.274 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

2,611

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,161

11.279 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

569

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

129

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

154

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

2,238

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

3,283

10.278 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

692

10.552 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

3,296

10.999 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a short position

2,730

8.755 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

11,786

10.981 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,851

11.293 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a long position

197

8.82 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

659

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

4,557

9.088 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

600

9.088 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

6

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,505

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Closing a Short Position

73

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Opening a Short position

12,907

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

479

10.552 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a long position

746

8.915 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

482

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a short position

252

8.471 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

21

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,561

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

10

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,694

11.279 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a short position

5,781

10.908 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a long position

83

8.938 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

4,328

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

2,730

10.278 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,338

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

360

11.279 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

157

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,291

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

945

9.088 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,432

10.274 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

127

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

88

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

223

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

985

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Opening a Short position

12,501

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

706

10.951 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Opening a Short position

7,896

9.876 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

942

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

160

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

4,974

10.331 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a short position

1,664

8.605 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

154

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

517

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Closing a Long Position

1,313

9.876 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a long position

745

10.959 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

680

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

2,271

9.088 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

987

11.293 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

2,839

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

656

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a long position

3,680

8.965 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Closing a Short Position

252

10.999 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,479

10.274 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,688

10.278 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

541

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

1,067

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Increasing a long position

6,694

8.541 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

3

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

112

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

2,562

8.691 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Opening a long position

1,386

10.999 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

997

10.274 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

190

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

133

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a short position

89

11 GBP

1p ordinary

Swaps

Reducing a long position

194

8.691 GBP

 

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class ofrelevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number ofsecurities to which option relates

Exercise priceper unit

Typee.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)

Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.g. call option

Exercising/exercisedagainst

Number of securities

Exercise Price per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

3.

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: 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

 

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

 

Date of disclosure:

01/09/2021

Contact name:

Tolu Tade

Telephone number:

+44207 996 3410

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory InformationService.The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code'sdealing 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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