17th Jul 2007 14:25
HBOS PLC17 July 2007 FORM 8.1 AMENDED DISCLOSURE DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREE COMPANIES OR THEIR ASSOCIATES FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS (Rules 8.1(a) and (b)(i) of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) HBOS plc and its subsidiariesCompany dealt in Quintain Estates & Developments plcClass of relevant security to which the Ord 25pdealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 16 July 2007 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities 2,514,916 (1.94%) (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 15,415,027 (11.898%) Total 17,929,943 (13.839%) (a) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (a) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (a) (c)Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) Purchase 125,416 £8.85 Purchase 279,138 £8.8175 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 6) Number of securities (Note 7) Price per unit (Note 5) e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 7) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. The direct holder of voting rights in the issuer relating to 15,415,027 shares (11.899%) is Gabriella InvestmentsLimited (GIL). GIL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rock Investment Holdings Plc (Rock) (who is a holder of votingrights in the issuer under DTR 5.2.1R(e)). Quill Securities Limited (QSL) has entered into an agreement to acquire GILfrom Rock and that agreement with Rock obliges them to adopt, by concerted exercise of the voting rights they hold, alasting common policy towards the management of the issuer. QSL is therefore an indirect holder of voting rights in theissuer pursuant to DTR 5.2.1R(a). QSL is a controlled undertaking of Uberior Ventures Limited (UVL). UVL is acontrolled undertaking of Unberior Investments Plc (UIP). UIP is a controlled undertaking of The Governor and Companyof the Bank of Scotland (BOS). BOS is a controlled undertaking of HBOS plc. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 17 July 2007 Contact name Kenny Melville Telephone number 0131 243 8671 Name of offeree/offeror with which associated Quill Securities LimitedSpecify category and nature of associate status (Note 10) Concert Party Notes The Notes on Form 8.1 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Quadrise