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FORM 8.3
REPLACEMENT
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")PUBLIC OPENING POSITION
DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings UBS Global Asset Management *
are being disclosed:
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is
insufficient
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose BABCOCK INTL GROUP
relevant securities this form relates:
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 02 July 2010
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are YES
they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of
any other party to this offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to
which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security: ORD GBP0.60
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned 2,511,315.00 1.09 0.00 0.00
and/or controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
options):
(3) Options and agreements to 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 2,511,315.00 1.09 0.00 0.00
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant
securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive
options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant
securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each
additional class of relevant security.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
security
ORD GBP0.60 Purchase 55211 GBP 6.185
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of relevant Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per unit
security description e.g. opening/closing a reference
e.g. CFD long/short position, securities
increasing/reducing a
long/short position
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
of description purchasing, of price e.g. date money
relevant e.g. call option selling, securities per unit American, paid/
security varying etc. to which European received
option etc. per unit
relates
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product description Number of Exercise price per
security e.g. call option securities unit
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if
security e.g. subscription, conversion applicable)
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(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of
relevant security dealt in.
4. 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 person 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 person 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
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 06 July 2010
Contact name: Miss Kirsty Lahmar
Telephone number: +44 20 7901 5887
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service
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's dealing
disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk .
* this report is on behalf of:
UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc
UBS AG (UBS Global Asset Management operating in Switzerland)
UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd