FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
Amendment to sec 2(a) and (b)
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")
| Bank of America Merrill Lynch | ||
| Rockhopper Exploration PLC | ||
| Rockhopper Exploration PLC | ||
| 15/07/2014 | ||
| Yes |
2. | DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER |
Class of relevant security |
Purchases/ | Total number of securities |
Highest price |
Lowest price |
Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 | Purchase | 104,982 | 0.993 GBP | 0.943 GBP |
Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 | Sale | 2,134,258 | 0.98 GBP | 0.945 GBP |
(b) | Derivatives transactions (other than options) |
Class of |
Product description |
Nature of dealing | Number of reference securities | Price per unit |
Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 | Swaps | Long | 77 | 0.97 GBP |
Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 | Swaps | Short | 77 | 0.943 GBP |
Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 | Swaps | Long | 2,212 | 0.96 GBP |
Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 | Swaps | Short | 4,992 | 0.98 GBP |
Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 | Swaps | Short | 2,702 | 0.971 GBP |
Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 | Swaps | Long | 25,273 | 0.975 GBP |
Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 | Swaps | Long | 9,485 | 0.952 GBP |
Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23 | Swaps | Long | 2,000,000 | 0.9675 GBP |
(c) | Options transactions in respect of existing securities |
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
Class | Product description e.g. call option | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. |
Number |
Exercise |
Type | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Class of relevant security |
Product description |
Number of |
Exercise Price per |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
Class of relevant security |
Nature of dealing | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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.
(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 |
None |
(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: |
None |
Date of disclosure: | 17/07/2014 |
Contact name: | Stacy Otieno |
Telephone number: | 0207 995 1335 |
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 atmonitoring@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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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