Become a Member
  • Track your favourite stocks
  • Create & monitor portfolios
  • Daily portfolio value
Sign Up
Quickpicks
Add shares to your
quickpicks to
display them here!

Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

5th Jul 2010 11:49

RNS Number : 8130O
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
05 July 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:

02/07/2010

 

(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

351,219

GBP 6.25

GBP 6.00

 

Common - GB0009697037

Sale

138,855

GBP 6.24

GBP 6.00

 

(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

15362

GBP 6.09

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1000

GBP 6.14

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1036

GBP 6.19

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1037

GBP 6.14

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1198

GBP 6.20

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1312

GBP 6.19

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1444

GBP 6.18

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1710

GBP 6.18

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2471

GBP 6.18

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2680

GBP 6.18

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

3296

GBP 6.09

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

3369

GBP 6.14

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

3803

GBP 6.18

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

574

GBP 6.19

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

13174

GBP 6.14

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

169977

GBP 6.19

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

9502

GBP 6.09

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

268

GBP 6.15

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

12344

GBP 6.19

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

4313

GBP 6.20

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

2392

GBP 6.17

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

2348

GBP 6.23

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

2005

GBP 6.10

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1710

GBP 6.15

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1551

GBP 6.03

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1444

GBP 6.18

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1000

GBP 6.24

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

574

GBP 6.23

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

525

GBP 6.15

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

313

GBP 6.18

 

(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:

05/07/2010

 

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

Brit Insurance Holdings NV

relevant securities this form relates:

 

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

Advisor to Apollo Global Management

LLC

principal trader is connected:

 

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

02/07/2010

 

(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 - NL0009347863

Purchase

71,997

GBP 9.21

GBP 9.00

 

Common - NL0009347863

Sale

51,303

GBP 9.36

GBP 9.03

 

(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 - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

5752

GBP 9.11

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

270

GBP 9.16

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

330

GBP 9.01

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

348

GBP 9.01

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

378

GBP 9.02

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

792

GBP 9.06

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

806

GBP 9.02

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

1211

GBP 9.06

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

1342

GBP 9.00

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

1700

GBP 9.19

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

90

GBP 9.16

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

2625

GBP 9.19

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

2118

GBP 9.02

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

 

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

330

GBP 9.06

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

10000

GBP 9.36

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

5979

GBP 9.08

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

5000

GBP 9.36

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

5000

GBP 9.36

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

2118

GBP 9.03

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

1770

GBP 8.87

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

1211

GBP 9.06

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

1051

GBP 9.09

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

348

GBP 9.08

 

(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:

05/07/2010

 

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

British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc

relevant securities this form relates:

 

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

Advisor to British Sky Broadcasting

Group Plc

principal trader is connected:

 

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

02/07/2010

 

(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 - GB0001411924

Purchase

363,623

GBP 6.97

GBP 6.95

 

Common - GB0001411924

Sale

212,832

GBP 6.97

GBP 6.95

 

(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:

05/07/2010

 

Contact name:

Bhavika Mistry

 

Telephone number:

+44 207 995 4747

 

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

Related Shares:

BabcockBRE.LSky
FTSE 100 Latest
Value8,275.66
Change0.00