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Form 8 (OPD) (Rockhopper Exploration plc)

23 May 2014 09:09

RNS Number : 9131H
Rockhopper Exploration plc
23 May 2014
 

FORM 8 (OPD)

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER

Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1. KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Identity of the party to the offer making the disclosure:

Rockhopper Exploration Plc

(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 relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each party to the offer

Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc

(d) Is the party to the offer making the disclosure the offeror or the offeree?

OFFEROR

(e) Date position held:

23 May 2014

(f) Has the party previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

Yes

 

 

2. POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates

 

Class of relevant security:

 

ORD 1p

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

Nil

0

Nil

0

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

Nil

0

Nil

0

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

Nil

0

Nil

0

 

TOTAL:

Nil

0

Nil

0

 

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).

 

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

 

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities

 

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

NONE

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

NONE

 

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.

 

(c) Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent

 

Details of any irrevocable commitments or letters of intent procured by the party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it (see Note 3 on Rule 2.11 of the Code):

 

 

Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc Shares subject to irrevocable undertakings

MOG Directors

Name

Number of MOG Shares

% of MOG Shares in issue

Keith Nicholas Henry

1,400,000

0.32%

William George Higgs

454,838

0.11%

Peter McIntosh Jackson

400,000

0.09%

Christopher David Kelsall

333,333

0.08%

Total

2,588,171

0.60%

 

Name

Number of options/awards

MOG Share Plan

Keith Nicholas Henry

2,000,000

MOG Long Term Option Scheme 2012 award

675,000

MOG Long Term Option Scheme 2013 award

 

 

William George Higgs

6,000,000

Global Share Option Plan (19 March 2012)

2,000,000

Global Share Option Plan (23 January 2013)

 

 

Peter McIntosh Jackson

1,000,000

Global Share Option Plan (23 January 2013)

 

 

Christopher David Kelsall

90,000

Global Share Option Plan (March 2010)

2,000,000

Global Share Option Plan (19 January 2012)

675,000

Global Share Option Plan (23 January 2013)

 

 

Sergio Morandi

165,000

Global Share Option Plan (March 2010)

2,500,000

Global Share Option Plan (19 January 2012)

850,000

Global Share Option Plan (23 January 2013)

 

 

Enrico Testa

1,000,000

Global Share Option Plan (23 January 2013)

Total

18,955,000

 

Other MOG Shareholders

Name

Number of MOG Shares

% of MOG Shares in issue

OZ ELS Master Fund Limited

1,824,657

0.42%

OZ Global Spec Invest Master Fund LP

3,374,963

0.78%

OZ Europe Master Fund Limited

35,809,535

8.30%

OZ Master Fund Limited

80,563,625

18.68%

Miles Donnelly

190,000

0.04%

Contessa Properties Limited

13,535,000

3.14%

Total

135,297,780

31.36%

 

 

3. POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure:

 

NONE

 

 

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 3 for each additional class of relevant security.

 

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).

 

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

 

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 party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it:

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 party to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, 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

 

 

 

(c) Attachments

 

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

 

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)

NO

Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

23 May 2014

Contact name:

Jan Davies

Telephone number:

07733 308318

 

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 information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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