Communisis PLC Regulatory News (CMS)

24 Jan 2006 09:21

HSBC Bank PLC.24 January 2006 FORM 38.5 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS (Rule 38.5 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader HSBC Bank Plc Company dealt in Communisis Plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Ordinary Shares Date of dealing 23rd January 2006 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of Highest price paid Lowest price paid securities (Note 3) (Note 3)purchased 2,500 75p 75p Total number of Highest price received Lowest price received securities sold (Note 3) (Note 3) 2,568 76.94p 76.94p (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short Number of securities Price per unit e.g. CFD (Note 4) (Note 5) (Note 3) (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option moneyname, selling, securities price American, date paid/e.g. purchasing, to which European received call varying etc. the option etc. per unit option relates (Note 3) (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, Number of securities Exercise price per unit e.g. call option (Note 3) 3. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. None. Date of disclosure 24th January 2006 Contact name Leon Passey Telephone number 0207 991 6661 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Communisis Plc Nature of connection (Note 6) Connected Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 38.5 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange