FORM 8.3 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE

RNS Number : 6852K
Trinity Exploration & Production
20 April 2015
 

FORM 8.3

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Full name of discloser:

Charles 'Anthony' Brash

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

N/A

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Trinity Exploration & Production plc - offeree

(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:

N/A

(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

20.04.2015

(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

YES / NO / N/A

If YES, specify which:

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

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(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(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 shares of US$1.00 each in Trinity Exploration & Production plc

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

(a) 1,342,354 held directly by Charles Anthony Brash (a director of Trinity Exploration & Production plc)

1.42



(b) 5,815,498 held by Bruce Dingwall (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash) through UBS Private Banking Nominees

6.13



(c) 671,551 held directly by Daniel Cuthbert Brash (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash)

0.71



(d) 671,551 held directly by David Bernard Brash (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash)

0.71



(e) 2,907,562 held directly by Well Services Holdings Limited (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash)

3.07



(f) 4,977,421 (held by Jonathan Murphy (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash) through UBS Private Banking Nominees

5.25



(g) 2,929,951 held by Prelude Holdings Limited (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash) through UBS Private Banking Nominees

3.09



(h) 651,815 held by Mr and Mrs O'Sullivan (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash) through UBS Private Banking Nominees

0.68



(i)44,400 The O'Sullivan Family Charitable Trust (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash) through UBS Private Banking Nominees

0.04



(j) 525,960 (held by Joel Pemberton (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash) through UBS Private Banking Nominees

0.55



(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

NIL




(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

NIL




 

     TOTAL:

20,538,063

21.65

N/A


 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), 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 employee options)

 

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

Ordinary Shares of US$1.00 each in Trinity Exploration & Production plc

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

(a) Held by Bruce Dingwall (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash)

 

LTIP

Date of Award: 01.07.2013

No. of Shares: 189,600

Vesting Date: 01.01.2017

 

Mirror Scheme

Date of Grant: 14.02.2014

No of shares over which options held: 625,908

Vesting Date: 14.02.2017

(b) Held by Joel Pemberton (presumed to be acting in concert with Charles Anthony Brash)

 

LTIP

Date of Award: 01.07.2013

No. of Shares: 237,000

Vesting Date: 01.01.2017

 

Mirror Scheme

Date of Grant: 14.02.2014

No of shares over which options held: 493,548

Vesting Date: 14.02.2017

 

 

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

N/A

 

 



 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

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

N/A

 

 




 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(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

N/A








 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

N/A




 

 

 

(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)

N/A

 

 



 

 

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 person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

N/A

 

 

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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"

N/A

 

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

20.04.2015

Contact name:

Charles 'Anthony' Brash

Telephone number:

0131 240 3860

 

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 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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