Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) AMENDMENT

 

TIDMTOMK 
 
RNS Number : 9649S 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch 
20 September 2010 
 

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|  |           | AMENDMENT |                                                         | FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)  | 
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|         |PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH  | 
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|         | RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING   | 
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|         |                          CAPACITY                            | 
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|         |          Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")          | 
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|   | 1. KEY INFORMATION                                                          | 
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|   | (a) Name of exempt principal trader:         |  Bank of America Merrill   | 
|   |                                              |           Lynch            | 
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|   | (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to   |        Tomkins Plc         | 
|   | whose                                        |                            | 
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|   | relevant securities this form relates:                                      | 
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|   | (c) Name of the party to the offer with      |  Advisor to Pinafore LLC   | 
|   | which exempt                                 |     and Pinafore, Inc      | 
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|   | principal trader is connected:                                              | 
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|   | (d) Date dealing undertaken:                 |        10/09/2010          | 
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|   | (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is  |            NO              | 
|   | it today                                     |                            | 
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|   | disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other                          | 
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|   | party to this offer?                                                        | 
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|   | 2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER                          | 
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|   | (a) Purchases and sales                                                     | 
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|   |     Class of      |  Purchase/   |Total number  |  Highest   |   Lowest    | 
|   |                   |              |              |   price    |    price    | 
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|   |     relevant      |    Sales     |      of      |  per unit  |  per unit   | 
|   |                   |              |  securities  |            |             | 
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|   |     security      |                            |paid/received  |paid/received  | 
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|   |     Common -      |  Purchase    |   462,246    |  GBP 3.24   |  GBP 3.23   | 
|   |   GB0008962655    |              |              |             |             | 
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|   |     Common -      |    Sale      |   170,328    |  GBP 3.24   |  GBP 3.23   | 
|   |   GB0008962655    |              |              |             |             | 
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|   | (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)                           | 
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|   |     Class of      |   Product     |  Nature of   |  Number of    |Price per  | 
|   |                   |               |   dealing    |               |   unit    | 
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|   |     relevant      | description   |              |  reference    | 
|   |                   |               |              |  securities   | 
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|   |     security      |    eg. CFD    | 
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|   |     Common -      |     Swap      |    LONG      |     8354      | GBP 3.24  | 
|   |   GB0008962655    |               |              |               |           | 
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|   |     Common -      |     Swap      |    LONG      |      33       | GBP 3.24  | 
|   |   GB0008962655    |               |              |               |           | 
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|   |     Common -      |     Swap      |    LONG      |      437      | GBP 3.24  | 
|   |   GB0008962655    |               |              |               |           | 
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|   |     Common -      |     Swap      |    LONG      |      650      | GBP 3.24  | 
|   |   GB0008962655    |               |              |               |           | 
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|   |     Common -      |     Swap      |    LONG      |      670      | GBP 3.24  | 
|   |   GB0008962655    |               |              |               |           | 
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|   |     Common -      |     Swap      |    LONG      |      800      | GBP 3.24  | 
|   |   GB0008962655    |               |              |               |           | 
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|   |     Common -      |     Swap      |    LONG      |      948      | GBP 3.23  | 
|   |   GB0008962655    |               |              |               |           | 
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|   |     Common -      |     Swap      |    LONG      |     4000      | GBP 3.24  | 
|   |   GB0008962655    |               |              |               |           |