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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

2nd Jun 2010 10:58

RNS Number : 9327M
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
02 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:

01/06/2010

 

(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

32,614

GBP 5.75

GBP 5.68

 

Common - GB0009697037

Sale

22,298

GBP 5.71

GBP 5.68

 

(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

4522

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

55

GBP 5.70

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

261

GBP 5.69

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

915

GBP 5.69

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1256

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1954

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1962

GBP 5.70

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2626

GBP 5.70

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

9

GBP 5.69

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

3273

GBP 5.69

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

9970

GBP 5.73

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2985

GBP 5.68

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

55

GBP 5.69

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

9970

GBP 5.73

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

3273

GBP 5.68

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

2985

GBP 5.68

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1185

GBP 5.68

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

915

GBP 5.68

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

371

GBP 5.68

 

(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 unit

security

 

(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:

02/06/2010

 

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:

01/06/2010

 

(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

24,450

GBP 7.44

GBP 7.38

 

Common - GB0031729733

Sale

20,412

GBP 7.43

GBP 7.39

 

(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

5145

GBP 7.44

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

954

GBP 7.40

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

703

GBP 7.39

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

546

GBP 7.41

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

703

GBP 7.41

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

954

GBP 7.41

 

(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 unit

security

 

(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:

02/06/2010

 

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:

01/06/2010

 

(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

35,870

GBP 53.74

GBP 4.74

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Sale

49,916

GBP 4.87

GBP 4.73

 

(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 - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

98

GBP 4.77

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

200

GBP 4.78

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

524

GBP 4.78

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

1600

GBP 4.79

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

1643

GBP 4.81

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

2924

GBP 4.82

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

8137

GBP 4.80

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

8681

GBP 4.77

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

10

GBP 4.73

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

1073

ZAR 53.90

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

1600

GBP 4.83

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

24157

GBP 4.88

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

1799

GBP 4.88

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

1500

GBP 4.85

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

1268

GBP 4.88

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

1232

GBP 4.74

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

1073

GBP 4.80

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

889

GBP 4.78

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

754

GBP 4.77

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

724

GBP 4.75

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

244

GBP 4.73

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

66

GBP 4.73

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

10

GBP 4.91

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

2900

GBP 4.80

 

(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 unit

security

 

(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:

02/06/2010

 

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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