14 Jan 2009 11:25
| FORM 38.5(a) |
| DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS |
| WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS |
| DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY |
| (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) |
| 1. KEY INFORMATION |
| Name of exempt principal trader | Merrill Lynch International |
| Company dealt in | Cape plc |
| Class of relevant security to which the dealings being | Common |
| disclosed relate |
| Date of dealing | 13/01/2009 |
| 2. DEALINGS |
| (a) Purchases and sales |
| Total number of securities purchased | Highest price paid | Lowest price paid |
| 5,075 | GBP 0.49 | GBP 0.46 |
| Total number of securities sold | Highest price received | Lowest price received |
| 2,948 | GBP 0.48 | GBP 0.48 |
| (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) |
| Product name, | Short/Long | Number of securities | Price per unit |
| eg. CFD |
| (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities |
| Product name | Writing, selling, | Number of securities | Exercise price | Type, e.g. | Expiry | Option money |
| eg call option | purchasing, varying | under option | American, | date | paid/received per |
| etc. | European etc | unit |
| (ii) Exercising |
| Product name | Number of securities under option | Exercise price |
| eg call option |
| 3. 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 relating to the |
| voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition |
| or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. |
| NONE |
| Date of disclosure | 14/01/2009 |
| Contact name | Bhavika Mistry |
| Telephone number | +44 207 995 4747 |
| Name of offeree/offeror with whom connected | Cape plc |
| Nature of connection # | Advisor |
| FORM 38.5(a) |
| DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS |
| WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS |
| DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY |
| (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) |
| 1. KEY INFORMATION |
| Name of exempt principal trader | Merrill Lynch International |
| Company dealt in | Lloyds TSB Group Plc |
| Class of relevant security to which the dealings being | Common |
| disclosed relate |
| Date of dealing | 13/01/2009 |
| 2. DEALINGS |
| (a) Purchases and sales |
| Total number of securities purchased | Highest price paid | Lowest price paid |
| 5,812,949 | GBP 1.36 | GBP 1.31 |
| Total number of securities sold | Highest price received | Lowest price received |
| 6,421,348 | GBP 1.39 | GBP 1.32 |
| (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) |
| Product name, | Short/Long | Number of securities | Price per unit |
| eg. CFD |
| Long Swap | LONG | 2,996,423 | GBP 1.33 |
| Long Swap | LONG | 918,039 | GBP 1.33 |
| Long Swap | LONG | 160,514 | GBP 1.33 |
| Long Swap | LONG | 91,496 | GBP 1.35 |
| Long Swap | LONG | 87,191 | GBP 1.35 |
| Long Swap | LONG | 64,221 | GBP 1.35 |
| Long Swap | LONG | 5,000 | GBP 1.33 |
| Product name, | Short/Long | Number of securities | Price per unit |
| eg. CFD |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 5,000 | GBP 1.33 |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 64,221 | GBP 1.35 |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 73,050 | GBP 1.33 |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 87,191 | GBP 1.35 |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 91,496 | GBP 1.34 |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 918,039 | GBP 1.33 |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 1,168,989 | GBP 1.33 |
| (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities |
| Product name | Writing, selling, | Number of securities | Exercise price | Type, e.g. | Expiry | Option money |
| eg call option | purchasing, varying | under option | American, | date | paid/received per |
| etc. | European etc | unit |
| option | call | 7000 | 1.6GBP | American | 20.03.09 | 0.07GBP |
| (ii) Exercising |
| Product name | Number of securities under option | Exercise price |
| eg call option |
| 3. 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 relating to the |
| voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition |
| or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. |
| NONE |
| Date of disclosure | 14/01/2009 |
| Contact name | Bhavika Mistry |
| Telephone number | +44 207 995 4747 |
| Name of offeree/offeror with whom connected | Lloyds TSB Group Plc |
| Nature of connection # | Advisor |
| FORM 38.5(a) |
| DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS |
| WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS |
| DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY |
| (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) |
| 1. KEY INFORMATION |
| Name of exempt principal trader | Merrill Lynch International |
| Company dealt in | HBOS Plc |
| Class of relevant security to which the dealings being | Common |
| disclosed relate |
| Date of dealing | 13/01/2009 |
| 2. DEALINGS |
| (a) Purchases and sales |
| Total number of securities purchased | Highest price paid | Lowest price paid |
| 5,255,507 | GBP 0.84 | GBP 0.78 |
| Total number of securities sold | Highest price received | Lowest price received |
| 10,665,758 | GBP 0.83 | GBP 0.78 |
| (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) |
| Product name, | Short/Long | Number of securities | Price per unit |
| eg. CFD |
| Long Swap | LONG | 5,000 | GBP 0.80 |
| Product name, | Short/Long | Number of securities | Price per unit |
| eg. CFD |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 5,000 | GBP 0.80 |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 22,134 | GBP 0.81 |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 468,759 | GBP 0.81 |
| Short Swap | SHORT | 4,952,765 | GBP 0.80 |
| (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities |
| Product name | Writing, selling, | Number of securities | Exercise price | Type, e.g. | Expiry | Option money |
| eg call option | purchasing, varying | under option | American, | date | paid/received per |
| etc. | European etc | unit |
| (ii) Exercising |
| Product name | Number of securities under option | Exercise price |
| eg call option |
| 3. 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 relating to the |
| voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition |
| or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. |
| NONE |
| Date of disclosure | 14/01/2009 |
| Contact name | Bhavika Mistry |
| Telephone number | +44 207 995 4747 |
| Name of offeree/offeror with whom connected | Lloyds TSB Group Plc |
| Nature of connection # | Advisor |
| FORM 38.5(a) |
| DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS |
| WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS |
| DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY |
| (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) |
| 1. KEY INFORMATION |
| Name of exempt principal trader | Merrill Lynch International |
| Company dealt in | OJSC Polyus Gold (OR) ADR. |
| Class of relevant security to which the dealings being | ADR |
| disclosed relate |
| Date of dealing | 13/01/2009 |
| 2. DEALINGS |
| (a) Purchases and sales |
| Total number of securities sold | Highest price received | Lowest price received |
| 25,576 | USD 13.70 | USD 13.44 |
| (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) |
| Product name, | Short/Long | Number of securities | Price per unit |
| eg. CFD |
| (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities |
| Product name | Writing, selling, | Number of securities | Exercise price | Type, e.g. | Expiry | Option money |
| eg call option | purchasing, varying | under option | American, | date | paid/received per |
| etc. | European etc | unit |
| (ii) Exercising |
| Product name | Number of securities under option | Exercise price |
| eg call option |
| 3. 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 relating to the |
| voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition |
| or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. |
| NONE |
| Date of disclosure | 14/01/2009 |
| Contact name | Bhavika Mistry |
| Telephone number | +44 207 995 4747 |
| Name of offeree/offeror with whom connected | KazakhGold Group Limited |
| Nature of connection # | Advisor |