Replacement Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

RNS Number : 2564Y

Cenkos Securities PLC

28 February 2012

 



`FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

REPLACEMENT - AMENDMENT - CHANGE TO SECTION 2 & 3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Cenkos Securities Plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Cove Energy Plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Cove Energy Plc
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:	24th February 2012
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	NO

2.         POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	Ordinary 1p
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	3,595	0	0	0
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	0	0	0	0
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	3,595	0	0	0

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	32589	194.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	76674	198.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	9549	225.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1300000	230.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1157	230.015
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1000000	230.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	2500	230.265
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1000000	231.056
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	2500000	231.100
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1200000	231.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	3000000	231.300
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	75000	234.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	2507000	234.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1690000	235.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	5000	235.010
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1300000	235.100
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	200	236.030
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	2000000	236.700
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1637589	237.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	10000	238.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	75000	238.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	500000	238.523
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	48750	238.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	3039000	239.370
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1500000	239.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	243700	239.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	3000000	239.800
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1144697	240.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	25000	240.005
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	300000	240.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	100000	194.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	10000	205.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	10000	228.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	723487	230.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	1310	230.245
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	210733	230.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	635000	230.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	7500	230.740
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	260000	230.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	3612925	231.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	261111	231.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	752365	231.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	235576	231.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	1484692	232.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	168320	232.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	325000	232.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	5000	232.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	382276	233.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	26407	233.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	100000	233.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	469417	234.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	407410	234.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	814448	234.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	2115	234.620
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	7875	234.685
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	788384	234.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	2368991	235.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	583271	235.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	627363	235.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	1000	235.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	500000	236.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	64471	236.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	489032	236.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	7489	236.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	250000	237.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	706858	237.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	385628	237.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	774798	238.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	256100	238.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	81413	238.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	90849	238.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	1999050	239.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	480313	239.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	1460409	239.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	510039	239.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	4304309	240.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	999450	240.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	212715	240.500
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	25098	240.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	73831	241.000
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	7002	241.250
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	202115	241.750
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	25000	243.500

Total Purchases         29223405

Total Sales                 29287945

(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit

(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

(ii)        Exercising

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

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

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

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 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4.         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

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:	27th February 2012
Contact name:	Toni Stone
Telephone number:	0207 397 8982

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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