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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

4th Jun 2010 10:28

RNS Number : 0833N
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
04 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:

03/06/2010

 

(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

181,983

GBP 5.80

GBP 5.76

 

Common - GB0009697037

Sale

157,024

GBP 5.80

GBP 5.76

 

(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

1055

GBP 5.80

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

244

GBP 5.80

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

371

GBP 5.80

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

602

GBP 5.80

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

652

GBP 5.78

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

676

GBP 5.79

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

226

GBP 5.78

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

898

GBP 5.77

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2113

GBP 5.77

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2130

GBP 5.77

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2178

GBP 5.79

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

6405

GBP 5.79

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

771

GBP 5.79

 

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1055

GBP 5.78

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

2942

GBP 5.77

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1500

GBP 5.78

 

(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:

04/06/2010

 

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:

03/06/2010

 

(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

28,105

GBP 7.50

GBP 7.48

 

Common - GB0031729733

Sale

20,600

GBP 7.50

GBP 7.46

 

(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

811

GBP 7.50

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

LONG

348

GBP 7.50

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

394

GBP 7.49

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

805

GBP 7.49

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

858

GBP 7.49

 

Common - GB0031729733

Swap

SHORT

1084

GBP 7.50

 

(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:

04/06/2010

 

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

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:

03/06/2010

 

(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 -

Purchase

192

GBP 8.15

GBP 8.15

 

(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

192

GBP 8.16

 

(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:

04/06/2010

 

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:

03/06/2010

 

(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

98,528

GBP 5.03

GBP 4.99

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Sale

73,652

GBP 5.03

GBP 5.00

 

(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 - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

16547

GBP 5.02

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

4296

GBP 5.02

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

2595

GBP 4.99

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

2046

GBP 5.03

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

1593

GBP 5.02

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

1224

GBP 5.02

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

LONG

352

GBP 5.03

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

352

GBP 5.03

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

641

GBP 5.00

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

1239

GBP 5.00

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

1261

GBP 5.00

 

 

Common - GB00B17BBQ50

Swap

SHORT

4296

GBP 5.00

 

(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:

04/06/2010

 

Contact name:

Bhavika Mistry

 

Telephone number:

+44 207 995 4747

 

This information is provided by RNS
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