Morgan Stanley&CoLLC Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) African Barrick Gold

  Morgan Stanley&CoLLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) African Barrick Gold

RNS Number : 6314P
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
26 October 2012
 



                                                             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 & Co. LLC
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose     African Barrick Gold Plc
relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt China National Gold Group
principal trader is connected:                       Corporation
(d) Date dealing undertaken:                         25th October 2012
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today No
disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other
party to this offer?                                  

 

 

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

  Class of   Purchases/ Total number  Highest price per unit  Lowest price per
  relevant     sales    of securities      paid/received            unit
  security                                                     paid/received
                  
10p ordinary PURCHASES  4,112         4.9413 GBP              4.9413 GBP
10p ordinary SALES      4,112         4.9165 GBP              4.9165 GBP

           

(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than
options)                                                         

           

Class of     Product              Nature of dealing           Number of  Price
relevant description e.g                                      reference   per
security       CFD                       e.g                  securities unit

                             opening/closing a long/short
                           position, increasing/reducing a
                                 long/short position
N/A      N/A             N/A                                  N/A        N/A

 

(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

 

 

Class of   Product    Writing,   Number of  Exercise   Type    Expiry  Option
relevant description purchasing, securities  price              date   money
security  e.g. call   selling,    to which  per unit   e.g.            paid/
           option      varying     option            American,        received
                        etc.      relates            European         per unit
                                                       etc.            (GBP)
N/A      N/A         N/A         N/A        N/A      N/A       N/A    N/A

                                                                                

(ii)        Exercising       

 

 Class of relevant  Product description      Number of      Exercise price per
     security                               securities             unit
                     e.g. call option
N/A                 N/A                 N/A                 N/A

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant       Nature of dealing     Details   Price per unit (if
      security                                               applicable)
                        e.g. subscription,
                            conversion
N/A                  N/A                       N/A     N/A

 

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: 26th October 2012

                             
        Contact name:       James Michael
        Telephone number:   0207 677 2471

 

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 
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.   The  Panel's   Market  Surveillance  Unit   is 
available for  consultation  in  relation to  the  Code's  dealing  disclosure 
requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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