Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Salamander Energy Plc (8181X)

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RNS Number : 8181X

Credit Suisse Securities (Eur) Ltd

24 November 2014

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:                                        Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited 
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 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this   Salamander Energy Plc 
 form 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    Ophir Energy Plc 
 connected: 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                21-November-2014 
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 (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under      Yes 
 the Code 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 unit   Lowest price per unit 
        security                                   securities              paid/received            paid/received 
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 10p ordinary             Purchases                 2,581,679               0.955 (GBP)              0.909 (GBP) 
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 10p ordinary             Sales                     1,201,904               0.960 (GBP)              0.909 (GBP) 
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    (b)       Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
   Class of         Product             Nature of dealing             Number        Price per 
    relevant      description                                       of reference    unit (GBP) 
    security                                                         securities 
                --------------  -------------------------------- 
                     e.g.             e.g. opening/closing 
                      CFD                  a long/short 
                                  position, increasing/reducing 
                                           a long/short 
                                             position 
                                  Increasing 
 10p ordinary    Swap              a short                                    16         91.25 
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                                  Increasing 
 10p ordinary    Swap              a short                                600000         91.84 
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                                  Increasing 
 10p ordinary    Swap              a short                                848036         92.05 
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                                  Increasing 
 10p ordinary    Swap              a short                                  1200         92.26 
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                                  Increasing 
 10p ordinary    Swap              a short                                 28810         94.06 
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                                  Reducing a 
 10p ordinary    Swap              short                                   18694         91.68 
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                                  Reducing a 
 10p ordinary    Swap              short                                   29486         91.89 
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                                  Reducing a 
 10p ordinary    Swap              short                                   25582         92.00 
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                                  Reducing a 
 10p ordinary    Swap              short                                   17800         92.57 
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                                  Reducing a 
 10p ordinary    Swap              short                                    6800         92.72 
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   (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      price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security      e.g. call       selling,       to which         unit         American,                   received per 
                   option      varying etc.      option                        European                       unit 
                                                relates                          etc. 
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   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit 
                                e.g. call option 
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   (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 
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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" 
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   None 
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   (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" 
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   None 
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 Date of disclosure:    24-November-2014 
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 Contact name:          Anthony Allen / Paul MacDonald 
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 Telephone number:      0207 888 5416 / 8548 
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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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