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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

25th Jun 2010 11:48

RNS Number : 2575O
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
25 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:

24/06/2010

(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

62,446

GBP 5.89

GBP 5.73

Common - GB0009697037

Sale

270,119

GBP 5.93

GBP 5.73

(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 - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1949

GBP 5.85

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

7627

GBP 5.88

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

4222

GBP 5.89

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

3719

GBP 5.87

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

3258

GBP 5.81

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

3152

GBP 5.89

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

55

GBP 5.81

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

2011

GBP 5.85

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

14073

GBP 5.87

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1235

GBP 5.86

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

1128

GBP 5.86

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

659

GBP 5.81

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

469

GBP 5.86

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

110

GBP 5.89

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

57

GBP 5.86

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

LONG

 

2016

 

 

GBP 5.88

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1351

GBP 5.85

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

110

GBP 5.94

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

125

GBP 5.84

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

428

GBP 5.94

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

660

GBP 5.84

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

896

GBP 5.84

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1070

GBP 5.88

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

71833

GBP 5.74

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1120

GBP 5.94

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

63445

GBP 5.74

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

3152

GBP 5.88

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

13081

GBP 5.87

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

14974

GBP 5.87

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

37519

GBP 5.88

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

42481

GBP 5.88

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

58

GBP 5.85

Common - GB0009697037

Swap

SHORT

1110

GBP 5.85

(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:

25/06/2010

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

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:

24/06/2010

(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 - NL0009347863

Purchase

13,980

GBP 9.35

GBP 9.21

Common - NL0009347863

Sale

6,322

GBP 9.33

GBP 9.26

(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

7100

GBP 9.36

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

42

GBP 9.31

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

191

GBP 9.31

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

214

GBP 9.32

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

302

GBP 9.32

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

338

GBP 9.32

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

472

GBP 9.27

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

507

GBP 9.32

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

27

GBP 9.31

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

2824

GBP 9.21

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

LONG

1963

GBP 9.31

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per unit

relevant

description

reference securities

security

eg. CFD

 

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

27

GBP 9.31

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

2630

GBP 9.26

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

1963

GBP 9.28

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

654

GBP 9.33

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

472

GBP 9.33

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

227

GBP 9.33

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

191

GBP 9.30

Common - NL0009347863

Swap

SHORT

158

GBP 9.28

(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:

25/06/2010

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

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

principal trader is connected:

Group Plc

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

24/06/2010

(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 - GB0001411924

Purchase

263,712

GBP 7.04

GBP 7.02

Common - GB0001411924

Sale

328,075

GBP 7.04

GBP 7.01

(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:

25/06/2010

Contact name:

Bhavika Mistry

Telephone number:

+44 207 995 4747

 

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