Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Salamander Energy Plc (1128Z)

TIDMOPHR TIDMSMDR

RNS Number : 1128Z

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

08 December 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:                                              Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC 
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 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form    Salamander Energy 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          Ophir Energy Plc 
 connected: 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                      05 DECEMBER 2014 
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 (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code   Yes 
 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     Highest price             Lowest price 
  security                              of securities    per unit paid/received    per unit paid/received 
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 N/A                 N/A               N/A              N/A                       N/A 
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   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
 Class of relevant   Product description   Nature of dealing         Number of reference   Price per 
  security            e.g. CFD              e.g. opening/closing      securities            unit 
                                            a long/short position, 
                                            increasing/reducing 
                                            a long/short position 
------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  --------------------  ----------- 
 10p ordinary        CFD                   LONG                      13,221                0.6434 GBP 
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 10p ordinary        CFD                   SHORT                     39,649                0.6375 GBP 
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 10p ordinary        CFD                   SHORT                     5,000                 0.6451 GBP 
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 10p ordinary        CFD                   SHORT                     19,700                0.6488 GBP 
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 10p ordinary        CFD                   SHORT                     24,000                0.6530 GBP 
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 10p ordinary        CFD                   SHORT                     433                   0.6863 GBP 
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 10p ordinary        CFD                   SHORT                     73,704                0.6506 GBP 
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   (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
 Class          Product        Writing,       Number           Exercise     Type e.g.    Expiry   Option 
  of relevant    description    purchasing,    of securities    price per    American,    date     money paid/ 
  security       e.g. call      selling,       to which         unit         European              received 
                 option         varying        option                        etc.                  per unit 
                                etc.           relates 
-------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------  -----------  -------  ------------- 
 N/A            N/A            N/A            N/A              N/A          N/A          N/A      N/A 
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   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise price 
  security            e.g. call option                             per unit 
------------------  --------------------  ---------------------  --------------- 
 N/A                 N/A                   N/A                    N/A 
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   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant   Nature of dealing     Details   Price per unit 
  security            e.g. subscription,              (if applicable) 
                      conversion 
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 N/A                 N/A                   N/A       N/A 
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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:    08 DECEMBER 2014 
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 Contact name:          Craig Horsley 
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 Telephone number:      [phone] 
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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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