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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

31st Jul 2014 12:05

RNS Number : 8856N
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
31 July 2014
 

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:

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

(b)

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

Balfour Beatty PLC

(c)

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

Balfour Beatty PLC

(d)

Date dealing undertaken:

30/07/2014

(e)

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

Yes

 

2.

DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(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

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Purchase

262,151

2.535 GBP

2.492 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Sale

210,732

2.539 GBP

2.494 GBP

 

(b)

Derivatives transactions (other than options)

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

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

1

2.519 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

200

2.522 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

2,737

2.518 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

362

2.52 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

871

2.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

3,231

2.506 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

3,602

2.518 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

456

2.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

1,367

2.529 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

3,251

2.516 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

2,076

2.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

2,349

2.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

6,605

2.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

6,369

2.522 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

3,231

2.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

2,880

2.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

392

2.52 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

998

2.52 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

65

2.52 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

10,228

2.52 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

479

2.521 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

831

2.522 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

2,534

2.53 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

2,252

2.525 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

10

2.532 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

143

2.532 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

5,316

2.528 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

26,373

2.529 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

53

2.517 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

25

2.526 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

1,077

2.526 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

2,118

2.527 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

3,420

2.497 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

160

2.517 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

68

2.516 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

23,340

2.527 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

76,984

2.527 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

1,858

2.528 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

7,433

2.528 GBP

 

(c)

Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.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 dealinge.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 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional classof relevant security dealt in.

 

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: 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:

31/07/2014

Contact name:

Stacy Otieno

Telephone number:

0207 995 1335

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory InformationService 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'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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