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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

11th Jun 2010 11:12

RNS Number : 4724N
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
11 June 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:

10/06/2010

 

(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

147,939

GBP 5.93

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Sale

56,566

GBP 5.94

GBP 5.75

 

(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

1350

GBP 5.90

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

34

GBP 5.87

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

5814

GBP 5.92

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

5536

GBP 5.92

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

5279

GBP 5.83

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

3528

GBP 5.76

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1957

GBP 5.76

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

6500

GBP 5.93

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1673

GBP 5.87

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

8119

GBP 5.87

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1175

GBP 5.93

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1119

GBP 5.84

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1116

GBP 5.92

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1000

GBP 5.93

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

804

GBP 5.84

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

355

GBP 5.90

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

344

GBP 5.84

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1866

GBP 5.91

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

83000

GBP 5.93

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

5976

GBP 5.83

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1766

GBP 5.88

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

297

GBP 5.87

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

427

GBP 5.87

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

804

GBP 5.86

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1116

GBP 5.87

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1119

GBP 5.81

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1350

GBP 5.90

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1615

GBP 5.86

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

251

GBP 5.88

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

3528

GBP 5.76

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

4042

GBP 5.76

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

5536

GBP 5.87

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

5848

GBP 5.92

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

8119

GBP 5.87

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

16120

GBP 5.77

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1530

GBP 5.93

 

(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:

11/06/2010

 

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:

10/06/2010

 

(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

46,610

GBP 7.62

GBP 7.50

 

Common - GB0031729733

Sale

229,992

GBP 7.62

GBP 7.50

 

(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

4510

GBP 7.57

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

131

GBP 7.52

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

371

GBP 7.61

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

386

GBP 7.54

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

641

GBP 7.52

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

1007

GBP 7.57

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

1067

GBP 7.57

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

44

GBP 7.52

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

2158

GBP 7.54

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

23000

GBP 7.51

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

1689

GBP 7.62

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

371

GBP 7.61

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

9770

GBP 7.56

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

8630

GBP 7.56

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

3645

GBP 7.59

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

3165

GBP 7.50

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

1483

GBP 7.62

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

1067

GBP 7.54

 

(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:

11/06/2010

 

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:

10/06/2010

 

(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

19,161

GBP 4.87

GBP 4.76

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Sale

12,116

GBP 4.86

GBP 4.80

 

(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

5507

GBP 4.75

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

15

GBP 4.83

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

300

GBP 4.84

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

370

GBP 4.85

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

815

GBP 4.75

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

1001

GBP 4.83

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

15

GBP 4.82

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

2323

GBP 4.75

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

7397

GBP 4.80

 

Common -

Swap

LONG

1418

GBP 4.85

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

7397

GBP 4.80

 

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

1893

GBP 4.83

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

815

GBP 4.81

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

531

GBP 4.85

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

470

GBP 4.85

 

Common -

Swap

SHORT

415

GBP 4.81

 

(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:

11/06/2010

 

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
 
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