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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

31 Dec 2014 10:18

RNS Number : 0241B
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
31 December 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

Afren PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

Afren PLC

(d)

Date dealing undertaken:

30/12/2014

(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 GB00B0672758

Purchase

1,059,510

0.48 GBP

0.45 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Sale

432,515

0.47 GBP

0.45 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 GB00B0672758

Swaps

Short

174,754

0.469 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

5,800

0.467 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

2,910

0.45 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

3,528

0.45 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

4,805

0.45 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

6,403

0.45 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

20,776

0.45 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

737

0.464 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Short

40,961

0.467 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

4,100

0.468 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Short

11,382

0.463 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

6,434

0.467 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Short

2,066

0.472 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

4,060

0.466 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Short

4,060

0.47 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

3,861

0.466 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Short

3,373

0.47 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

4,279

0.45 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Short

557,322

0.46 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Long

173,250

0.472 GBP

Common - ISIN GB00B0672758

Swaps

Short

74,020

0.465 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:

31/12/2014

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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.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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