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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

6th May 2010 10:57

RNS Number : 4463L
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
06 May 2010
 



 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH

RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1. KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

 

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

Babcock International Group

relevant securities this form relates:

 

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

Advisor to VT Group Plc

principal trader is connected:

 

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

05/05/2010

 

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today

YES - .

disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other

party to this offer?

 

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

(a) Purchases and sales

 

Class of

Purchase/

Total number

Highest price

Lowest price

relevant

Sales

of securities

per unit

per unit

security

paid/received

paid/received

 

Common - GB0009697037

Purchase

47,101

GBP 5.89

GBP 5.68

 

Common - GB0009697037

Sale

62,132

GBP 5.89

GBP 5.66

 

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

9437

GBP 5.71

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

7118

GBP 5.71

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1795

GBP 5.74

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1774

GBP 5.74

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1638

GBP 5.70

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1000

GBP 5.84

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

251

GBP 5.70

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

2025

GBP 5.69

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

2244

GBP 5.77

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

10788

GBP 5.78

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

22053

GBP 5.72

 

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

 

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of

 

Product

Writing,

Number of

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

relevant

description

purchasing,

securities

price

date

money

security

selling,

to which

per unit

paid/

varying etc.

option

received

relates

per unit

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant

Product description

Number of securities

Exercise price per

security

unit

 

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

 

Class of relevant

Nature of dealing

 

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

 

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:

 

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:

 

NONE

 

Date of disclosure:

06/05/2010

 

Contact name:

Bhavika Mistry

 

Telephone number:

+44 207 995 4747

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH

RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1. KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

 

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

VT Group Plc

relevant securities this form relates:

 

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

Advisor to VT Group Plc

principal trader is connected:

 

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

05/05/2010

 

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today

YES - .

disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other

party to this offer?

 

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

(a) Purchases and sales

 

Class of

Purchase/

Total number

Highest price

Lowest price

relevant

Sales

of securities

per unit

per unit

security

paid/received

paid/received

 

Common - GB0031729733

Purchase

16,055

GBP 7.44

GBP 7.41

 

Common - GB0031729733

Sale

15,400

GBP 7.46

GBP 7.41

 

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

5659

GBP 7.41

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

5004

GBP 7.46

 

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

 

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of

 

Product

Writing,

Number of

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

relevant

description

purchasing,

securities

price

date

money

security

selling,

to which

per unit

paid/

varying etc.

option

received

relates

per unit

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant

Product description

Number of securities

Exercise price per

security

unit

 

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

 

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:

 

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:

 

NONE

 

Date of disclosure:

06/05/2010

 

Contact name:

Bhavika Mistry

 

Telephone number:

+44 207 995 4747

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH

RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1. KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

 

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

RENSBURG SHEPPARDS PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

 

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

Advisor to Investec Plc

principal trader is connected:

 

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

05/05/2010

 

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today

YES - .

disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other

party to this offer?

 

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

(a) Purchases and sales

 

Class of

Purchase/

Total number

Highest price

Lowest price

relevant

Sales

of securities

per unit

per unit

security

paid/received

paid/received

 

Common - GB00B0712D26

Purchase

2,328

GBP 8.05

GBP 7.95

 

Common - GB00B0712D26

Sale

2,328

GBP 8.05

GBP 7.94

 

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 

Class of

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 

Price per unit

relevant

reference securities

security

 

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

 

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of

 

Product

Writing,

Number of

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

relevant

description

purchasing,

securities

price

date

money

security

selling,

to which

per unit

paid/

varying etc.

option

received

relates

per unit

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant

Product description

Number of securities

Exercise price per

security

unit

 

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

 

Class of relevant

Nature of dealing

 

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

 

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:

 

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:

 

NONE

 

Date of disclosure:

06/05/2010

 

Contact name:

Bhavika Mistry

 

Telephone number:

+44 207 995 4747

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH

RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1. KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

 

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

Investec Plc

relevant securities this form relates:

 

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

Advisor to INVESTEC PLC

principal trader is connected:

 

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

05/05/2010

 

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today

YES - .

disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other

party to this offer?

 

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

(a) Purchases and sales

 

Class of

Purchase/

Total number

Highest price

Lowest price

relevant

Sales

of securities

per unit

per unit

security

paid/received

paid/received

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Purchase

55,407

GBP 5.05

GBP 4.93

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Sale

105,464

GBP 5.06

GBP 4.92

 

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

5327

GBP 4.92

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

35491

GBP 4.93

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

3160

GBP 5.00

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

1075

GBP 4.93

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

1001

GBP 4.94

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

362

GBP 5.03

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

666

GBP 4.99

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

1200

GBP 4.92

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

5327

GBP 4.94

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

10089

GBP 4.94

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

15334

GBP 4.99

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

19098

GBP 4.99

 

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

 

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of

 

Product

Writing,

Number of

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

relevant

description

purchasing,

securities

price

date

money

security

selling,

to which

per unit

paid/

varying etc.

option

received

relates

per unit

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant

Product description

Number of securities

Exercise price per

security

unit

 

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

 

Class of relevant

Nature of dealing

 

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

 

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:

 

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:

 

NONE

 

Date of disclosure:

06/05/2010

 

Contact name:

Bhavika Mistry

 

Telephone number:

+44 207 995 4747

 

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