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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

29th Jul 2014 11:30

RNS Number : 6115N
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
29 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:

28/07/2014

(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

1,443,422

2.564 GBP

2.514 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Sale

206,337

2.56 GBP

2.514 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

Short

83

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

2,034

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

921,953

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

123

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

2,335

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

23,668

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

74,461

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

45,548

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

69,354

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

91,076

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

12,304

2.542 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

819

2.537 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

1,479

2.547 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

1,524

2.541 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

2,847

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

65

2.528 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

392

2.532 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

362

2.534 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

4,236

2.54 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

1,077

2.54 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

24,457

2.53 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

24,276

2.538 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

12,409

2.538 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

104,598

2.536 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

198

2.538 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

25,354

2.538 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

6,635

2.538 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Long

8,771

2.53 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

17,495

2.537 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

3,522

2.531 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

3,393

2.534 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

4

2.529 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

464

2.532 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

25,623

2.53 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

317

2.53 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

3,164

2.53 GBP

Common - ISIN GB0000961622

Swaps

Short

2,911

2.53 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:

29/07/2014

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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