EPT Disclosure

 

TIDMMCHL TIDMVTG TIDMCBRY 
 
RNS Number : 5478E 
Merrill Lynch Int(EPT) 
22 December 2009 
 

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|                                                                        |    FORM    | 
|                                                                        |  38.5(a)   | 
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|          |        DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS         | 
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|          |              WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS              | 
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|          |             DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY              | 
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|          |             (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code))              | 
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| | 1. KEY INFORMATION                                                                | 
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| | Name of exempt principal trader    |         Merrill Lynch International          | 
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| | Company dealt in                   |              Mouchel Group Plc               | 
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| | Class of relevant security to      |                    Common                    | 
| | which the                          |                                              | 
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| | dealings being disclosed relate                                                   | 
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| | Date of dealing                    |                  21/12/2009                  | 
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| | 2. DEALINGS                                                                       | 
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| | (a) Purchases and sales                                                            | 
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| |      Total number of      |    Highest price paid     | |     Lowest price paid      | 
| |        securities         |                           | |                            | 
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| |        purchased          | 
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| |          2,400            |         GBP 2.58          |          GBP 2.56          | 
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| |      Total number of      |  Highest price received   | |   Lowest price received    | 
| |      securities sold      |                           | |                            | 
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| |          4,578            |         GBP 2.57          |          GBP 2.57          | 
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| | (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)                                  | 
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| |Product name,   | |    Short/Long     | |     Number of securities      |Price per unit   | 
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| |    eg. CFD     | |                   | 
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| |   Long Swap    |       LONG        |            2,300              |    GBP 2.56    | 
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| |   Long Swap    |       LONG        |              100              |    GBP 2.58    | 
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| |Product name,   | |    Short/Long     | |     Number of securities      |Price per unit   | 
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| |    eg. CFD     | |                   | 
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| |  Short Swap    |      SHORT        |            2,278              |    GBP 2.57    | 
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| |  Short Swap    |      SHORT        |            2,300              |    GBP 2.57    | 
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| | (c)     Options transactions in respect of existing securities                     | 
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| | Product    | Writing,   | Number of   | Exercise | Type,     | Expiry    | Option       | 
| | name       |            |             |          | e.g.      |           |              | 
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| |            | selling,   | securities  | price    | American, | date      | money        | 
| |            |            | under       |          |           |           |              | 
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| | eg call    | purchasing, | option                | European etc         | paid/received | 
| | option     |             |                       |                      |               | 
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|             | varying etc.                       |                      | per unit     | 
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| |            |            | |             |          |           | |           | |           | 
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| | (ii) Exercising                                                                    | 
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| | Product name              | Number of securities     | Exercise price                | 
| |                           | under                    |                               |