Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) Encore Oil Plc (9725S)

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RNS Number : 9725S

Deutsche Bank AG

29 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:                                                          Deutsche Bank AG London 
    (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure        Encore Oil Plc 
    relates: 
    Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
                                                                                              ------------------------ 
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:           Premier Oil Plc 
                                                                                              ------------------------ 
 (d) Date of dealing:                                                                          28/11/2011 
                                                                                              ------------------------ 
 (e) Have you previously disclosed, or are you today disclosing, under the Code in respect     YES 
  of any other relevant security of any other party to this offer? 
                                                                                              ------------------------ 
 
   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 
                                                                                 GBP                     GBP 
 5p Ordinary               Purchases 
                          ------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------  ----------------------- 
 5p Ordinary               Sales                       500000                  0.74925                 0.74925 
                          ------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description       Nature of dealing         Number of reference     Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD          e.g. opening/closing a          securities 
                                                     long/short position, 
                                                    increasing/reducing a 
                                                     long/short position 
 5p Ordinary                        CFD                      Long                     500000               0.74925 
                           ---------------------  -------------------------  ------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
    Class of           Product          Writing,        Number of      Exercise price    Expiry date    Option money 
    relevant         description      purchasing,     securities to       per unit                     paid/ received 
    security          e.g. call         selling,       which option                                       per unit 
                       option         varying etc.       relates 
 
 
   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise date   Exercise price per unit 
                                e.g. call option 
 
 
   (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 
 
 

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:    29/11/2011 
 Contact name:          Kelly-Jade Ledwich 
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 Telephone number:      020 7545 8515 
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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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