Bank of America Merrill Lynch Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) (4740M)
July 16 2014 - 6:21AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4740M
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
16 July 2014
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH
RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING
CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose Rockhopper Exploration PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: Rockhopper Exploration PLC
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(d) Date dealing undertaken: 15/07/2014
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(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in Yes
respect of
any other party to this offer?
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2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchases/ Total number of securities Highest price Lowest price
sales per unit per unit
paid/received paid/received
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Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 Purchase 104,982 0.993 GBP 0.943 GBP
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Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 Sale 134,258 0.993 GBP 0.945 GBP
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(b) Derivatives transactions (other than
options)
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference Price per unit
relevant security e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a securities
long/short position,
increasing/reducing a
long/short position
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 77 0.97 GBP
GB00B0FVQX23
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Common - ISIN Swaps Short 77 0.943 GBP
GB00B0FVQX23
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 2,212 0.96 GBP
GB00B0FVQX23
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Common - ISIN Swaps Short 4,992 0.98 GBP
GB00B0FVQX23
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Common - ISIN Swaps Short 2,702 0.971 GBP
GB00B0FVQX23
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 25,273 0.975 GBP
GB00B0FVQX23
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Common - ISIN Swaps Long 9,485 0.952 GBP
GB00B0FVQX23
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(c) Options transactions in respect of existing
securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry date Option money
of description purchasing, of price e.g. paid/
relevant e.g. call selling, securities to per unit American, received per
security option varying etc. which option European etc. unit
relates
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N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security Product description Number of Exercise Price per
e.g. call option securities unit
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N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing
for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
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N/A N/A N/A N/A
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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
class
of 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"
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None
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(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"
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None
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Date of disclosure: 16/07/2014
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Contact name: Stacy Otieno
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Telephone number: 0207 995 1335
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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.
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