Form 8.5 (EPT/R) - VT Group Plc - AMENDMENT

 
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                                                               FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI) 
                                    AMENDMENT 
 
     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:                                     J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. 
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities     VT Group Plc 
this form relates: 
  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader    Babcock International Group Plc 
is connected: 
(d) Date dealing undertaken:                                             29 June 2010 
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under   YES 
the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?                  If YES, specify which: Babcock International 
                                                                       Group Plc 
 
 
2.   DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 
 
(a)  Purchases and sales 
 
  Class of relevant       Purchases/ sales        Total number of     Highest price per unit  Lowest price per unit 
       security                                      securities            paid/received          paid/received 
Ordinary Shares        Purchases               31,140                 7.74 GBP                7.72 GBP 
 
                       Sales                   22,628                 7.75 GBP                7.71 GBP 
 
 
 
(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
  Class of relevant         Product                Nature of dealing              Number of        Price per unit 
      security            description      e.g. opening/closing a long/short      reference 
                            e.g. CFD        position, increasing/reducing a      securities 
                                                  long/short position 
 
 
(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
 
(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
 Class of        Product          Writing,        Number of       Exercise       Type      Expiry date  Option money 
 relevant      description       purchasing,    securities to    price per       e.g.                      paid/ 
 security       e.g. call     selling, varying   which option       unit      American,                 received per 
                  option            etc.           relates                     European                     unit 
                                                                                 etc. 
 
 
(ii) Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security      Product description           Number of securities       Exercise price per unit 
                                   e.g. call option 
 
 
 
(d)  Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
   Class of relevant                Nature of dealing                     Details              Price per unit (if 
        security              e.g. subscription, conversion                                       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" 
 
 
 
 
(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" 
 
 
 
 
Date of disclosure:                                        05 July 2010 
Contact name:                                              Richard Lock 
Telephone number:                                          0207 325 4578 
 
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.