REG - Goldman Sachs (EPT) Ophir Energy Plc - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Amendment <Origin Href="QuoteRef">MDT.N</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">OPHR.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 6602AGoldmanSachs International23 December 2014Amendment - due to the amendment of Equity and Derivatives transactions, the disclosure made on 22 December for dealings on 18 December has been updated. Sections 2(a) and 2(b) have been updated.
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:
(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
OPHIR ENERGY PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
SALAMANDER ENERGY PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
18 December 2014
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?
YES - disclosed previously for SALAMANDER ENERGY PLC
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) 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
0.25p ordinary
Purchases
139,506
1.4170 GBP
1.2869 GBP
0.25p ordinary
Sales
69,283
1.4130 GBP
1.3410 GBP
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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
0.25p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
4,740
1.3542 GBP
0.25p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
10,800
1.3542 GBP
0.25p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
17,500
1.3542 GBP
0.25p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
11,400
1.3542 GBP
0.25p ordinary
CFD
Reducing a long position
8,660
1.3542 GBP
0.25p ordinary
SWAP
Opening a short position
3,428
1.2869 GBP
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security
Product description e.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
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security
Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
Details
Price per unit (if applicable)
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"
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:
(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
Date of disclosure:
23 December 2014
Contact name:
Aadithya Rao and Yiannis Bardis
Telephone number:
+44(20) 7051 9046 / +44(20) 7774 7107
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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