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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

8th Jul 2010 10:45

RNS Number : 0418P
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
08 July 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:

07/07/2010

 

(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

148,116

GBP 6.24

GBP 6.13

 

Common - GB0009697037

Sale

331,243

GBP 6.24

GBP 6.18

 

(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

17204

GBP 6.19

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

249

GBP 6.13

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

249

GBP 6.20

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

406

GBP 6.19

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

455

GBP 6.20

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

566

GBP 6.13

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

678

GBP 6.14

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

727

GBP 6.19

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

152

GBP 6.14

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1576

GBP 6.19

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

20029

GBP 6.18

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

966

GBP 6.20

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

 

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

580

GBP 6.14

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

215000

GBP 6.18

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

3090

GBP 6.19

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

2369

GBP 6.18

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

2214

GBP 6.24

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1911

GBP 6.21

 

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1220

GBP 6.18

 

(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

security

unit

 

(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:

08/07/2010

 

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

Brit Insurance Holdings NV

relevant securities this form relates:

 

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

Advisor to Apollo Global Management

LLC

principal trader is connected:

 

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

07/07/2010

 

(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 - NL0009347863

Purchase

11,080

GBP 9.30

GBP 9.04

 

Common - NL0009347863

Sale

10,424

GBP 9.29

GBP 9.08

 

(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 - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

1617

GBP 9.21

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

12

GBP 9.12

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

15

GBP 9.04

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

344

GBP 9.04

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

743

GBP 9.21

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

747

GBP 9.21

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

1

GBP 9.21

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

921

GBP 9.21

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

3648

GBP 9.21

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

826

GBP 9.21

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

1

GBP 9.17

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

6640

GBP 9.25

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

835

GBP 9.15

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

747

GBP 9.24

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

743

GBP 9.17

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

344

GBP 9.15

 

(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

security

unit

 

(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:

08/07/2010

 

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

British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc

relevant securities this form relates:

 

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

Advisor to British Sky Broadcasting

Group Plc

principal trader is connected:

 

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

07/07/2010

 

(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 - GB0001411924

Purchase

704,874

GBP 6.94

GBP 6.90

 

Common - GB0001411924

Sale

515,456

GBP 6.93

GBP 6.90

 

(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

security

unit

 

(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:

08/07/2010

 

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

Dana Petroleum Plc

relevant securities this form relates:

 

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

Advisor to Korea National Oil

Corporation

principal trader is connected:

 

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

07/07/2010

 

(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 - GB0033252056

Purchase

32,712

GBP 14.24

GBP 13.89

 

Common - GB0033252056

Sale

91,338

GBP 14.51

GBP 14.06

 

(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 - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

211

GBP 14.03

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

1782

GBP 14.04

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

1127

GBP 14.24

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

879

GBP 13.92

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

754

GBP 14.15

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

741

GBP 14.24

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

719

GBP 14.03

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

692

GBP 14.24

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

445

GBP 14.06

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

13

GBP 14.20

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

326

GBP 14.20

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

2432

GBP 14.24

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

190

GBP 14.20

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

153

GBP 14.24

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

132

GBP 14.15

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

100

GBP 14.21

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

100

GBP 14.19

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

100

GBP 14.08

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

40

GBP 14.08

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

23

GBP 14.20

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

350

GBP 13.92

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

3408

GBP 13.90

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

6514

GBP 14.15

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

7513

GBP 14.06

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

1863

GBP 14.15

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

LONG

1786

GBP 14.20

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

2926

GBP 14.13

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

174

GBP 14.06

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

317

GBP 14.10

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

351

GBP 14.51

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

380

GBP 14.18

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

545

GBP 14.07

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

570

GBP 14.18

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

615

GBP 14.22

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

635

GBP 14.10

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

1147

GBP 14.07

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

3000

GBP 14.22

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

4922

GBP 14.19

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

7513

GBP 14.06

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

11848

GBP 14.07

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

55000

GBP 14.51

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

23

GBP 14.18

 

Common - GB0033252056

Swap

SHORT

1053

GBP 14.07

 

(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

security

unit

 

(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:

08/07/2010

 

Contact name:

Bhavika Mistry

 

Telephone number:

+44 207 995 4747

 

 

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