Form 8.5 - Late Booking
Form 8.5 - Late Booking
The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V.
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RIâ€) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Codeâ€)
Please note this disclosure is related to the amendment to 8.5 (EPT/ RI) issued 21st June 2010 for the date of dealing 18th June 2010.
1. KEY INFORMATION
| (a) Name of exempt principal trader: | Â |
Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. London Branch
(Subsidiary of RFS Holding N.V.) |
|
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant
securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree |
 | Travis Perkins Plc |
| (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Â | BSS Group Plc |
| (d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: | Â | 18 June 2010 |
| (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? | Â | 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: | Â | Â | ||||||
|
 |
 | Interests |  | Short positions | ||||
| Â | Number | Â | % | Â | Number | Â | % | |
| (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | Â | 115,000 | Â | 0.0551% | Â | 0 | Â | 0% |
|
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): |
 |  |  | 0% |  | 0 |  | 0% |
| (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell: | Â | Â | Â | 0% | Â | 0 | Â | 0% |
|
TOTAL: |
 | 115,000 |  | 0.0551% |  | 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: | Â | Â |
| Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: | Â |
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 | Â | Purchase/sale | Â | Number of securities | Â | Price per unit |
| ORD GBP 0.10 | Â | Sale | Â | 25,000 | Â | 7.7800 GBP |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
| Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â | Product description e.g. call option | Â | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Â | Number of securities to which option relates | Â | Exercise price per unit | Â |
Type
e.g. American, European etc. |
 | Expiry date |  | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercising
| Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â |
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†|
(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†|
(c) Attachments
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | Â | YES/NO |
| Date of disclosure: | Â | 22 June 2010 |
| Contact name: | Â | Costas Philippou |
| Telephone number: | Â | (020) 7678 7687 |
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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