7bd9fe54-a196-4f5e-8248-1d54e623d48f.pdf FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)


PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE) Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")


  1. KEY INFORMATION


    (a) Name of exempt principal trader:

    BMO Capital Markets Limited

    (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

    Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

    Amara Mining plc

    (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

    Amara Mining plc

    (d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

    For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

    1 April 2016

    (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

    If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

    YES / NO / N/A

    If YES, specify which: No


  2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER


    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(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.


    1. 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:

      Ordinary

      Interests

      Short positions

      Number

      %

      Number

      %

      (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

      50,000

      0.01

      (2) Cash-settled derivatives:

      (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:


      TOTAL:

      50,000

      0.01


      All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.


      Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).


    2. Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)


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

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



    3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER


      Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.


      The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.


      1. Purchases and sales


        Class of relevant security

        Purchases/ sales

        Total number of securities

        Highest price per unit paid/received

        Lowest price per unit paid/received

        Ordinary

        Purchase

        100,000

        0.146 GBP

        0.145 GBP

        Ordinary

        Sale

        115,799

        0.145 GBP

        0.145 GBP



      2. Cash-settled derivative transactions


        Class of relevant security

        Product description

        e.g. CFD

        Nature of dealing

        e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a

        long/short position

        Number of reference securities

        Price per unit


      3. Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)


        1. Writing, selling, purchasing or varying


          Class of relevant security

          Product descriptione.g. call option

          Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

          Number of securities to which option relates

          Exercise price per unit

          Type

          e.g.

          American, European etc.

          Expiry date

          Option money paid/ received per unit


        2. Exercise

        3. Class of relevant security

          Product description

          e.g. call option

          Exercising/ exercised against

          Number of securities

          Exercise price per unit

        4. Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

        5. Class of relevant security

          Nature of dealing

          e.g. subscription, conversion

          Details

          Price per unit (if applicable)



        6. OTHER INFORMATION

          1. 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:

            Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"


            None


          2. 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:

            If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"


            None

            1. the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

            2. the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:


            3. Attachments

            4. Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

              YES/NO

              No


              Date of disclosure:

              4 April 2016

              Contact name:

              Dennis Brown

              Telephone number:

              020 7664 8256


              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 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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