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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

12th May 2010 10:12

RNS Number : 7701L
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
12 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

Candover Investments Plc

relevant securities this form relates:

 

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

Advisor to Candover Investments Plc

principal trader is connected:

 

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

11/05/2010

 

(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 - GB0001713154

Purchase

120

GBP 8.00

GBP 8.00

 

Common - GB0001713154

Sale

120

GBP 8.00

GBP 8.00

 

(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 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:

12/05/2010

 

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

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:

11/05/2010

 

(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

763,626

GBP 5.89

GBP 5.56

 

Common - GB0009697037

Sale

844,902

GBP 5.87

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

3825

GBP 5.81

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

117826

GBP 5.85

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

112500

GBP 5.57

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

112500

GBP 5.57

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

79918

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

70589

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

41842

GBP 5.88

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

35905

GBP 5.88

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

34624

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

29791

GBP 5.77

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

829

GBP 5.81

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

5702

GBP 5.80

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

445888

GBP 5.85

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

3531

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

3275

GBP 5.81

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2912

GBP 5.81

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2431

GBP 5.81

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2337

GBP 5.81

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2220

GBP 5.69

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2025

GBP 5.84

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1549

GBP 5.77

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1088

GBP 5.81

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

6171

GBP 5.84

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

21180

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1088

GBP 5.78

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

2025

GBP 5.80

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

3142

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

3531

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

3825

GBP 5.80

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

4707

GBP 5.72

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

5466

GBP 5.87

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

8333

GBP 5.80

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

9596

GBP 5.72

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

445888

GBP 5.85

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

11873

GBP 5.78

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

117826

GBP 5.85

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

29589

GBP 5.83

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

33501

GBP 5.83

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

34624

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

43174

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

48876

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

70589

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

79918

GBP 5.75

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

112500

GBP 5.57

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

112500

GBP 5.57

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

698

GBP 5.72

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

10863

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 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:

12/05/2010

 

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:

11/05/2010

 

(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

629,543

GBP 7.54

GBP 7.37

 

Common - GB0031729733

Sale

522,354

GBP 7.51

GBP 7.37

 

(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

47790

GBP 7.50

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

42210

GBP 7.50

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

5977

GBP 7.53

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

5317

GBP 7.53

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

1142

GBP 7.53

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

1942

GBP 7.38

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

2200

GBP 7.38

 

(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

 

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:

12/05/2010

 

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:

11/05/2010

 

(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 -

Purchase

982

GBP 8.01

GBP 7.95

 

Common -

Sale

982

GBP 8.01

GBP 7.95

 

(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 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:

12/05/2010

 

Contact name:

Bhavika Mistry

 

Telephone number:

+44 207 995 4747

 

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