The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at. 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. 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. (b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivativesĭetails 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” (a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangementsĭetails 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” 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. The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. (d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) Number of securities to which option relates Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?Ģ. (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”) PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Formz 8.5