Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) (4410S)

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RNS Number : 4410S

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited

21 November 2011

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:                                                Morgan Stanley Securities Limited 
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form      Group NBT Plc 
 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            Newton Bidco Limited 
 connected: 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                        18th November 2011 
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 (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code     No 
 in 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      Purchases/ sales       Total number of         Highest price per     Lowest price per unit 
        security                                     securities          unit paid/received         paid/received 
 ORD GBP                   PURCHASES           7,240                    5.4900                  5.4900 
                          ------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
 Class of relevant    Product description           Nature of dealing           Number of    Price per 
      security               e.g CFD                       e.g                  reference       unit 
                                                     opening/closing            securities 
                                                       a long/short 
                                              position, increasing/reducing 
                                                       a long/short 
                                                         position 
 ORD GBP              CFD                    LONG                              35,890        5.4750 
                     ---------------------  --------------------------------  ------------  ---------- 
 ORD GBP              CFD                    SHORT                             35,890        5.4750 
                     ---------------------  --------------------------------  ------------  ---------- 
 ORD GBP              CFD                    SHORT                             7,240         5.4901 
                     ---------------------  --------------------------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
    (c)       Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
    Class         Product        Writing,         Number       Exercise         Type         Expiry    Option 
  of relevant    description    purchasing,    of securities     price      e.g. American,    date      money 
   security         e.g.         selling,        to which       per unit       European                 paid/ 
                    call          varying         option                         etc.                  received 
                   option          etc.           relates                                              per unit 
 N/A            N/A            N/A            N/A              N/A         N/A               N/A      N/A 
               -------------  -------------  ---------------  ----------  ----------------  -------  ---------- 
 
   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit 
                                e.g. call option 
 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) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion 
 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.

   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:    21st November 2011 
 Contact name:          Mikhail Nassimov 
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 Telephone number:      0207 677 0522 
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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 [e-mail]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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