Bank of America Merrill Lynch Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) (4922C)
October 11 2022 - 4:44AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4922C
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
11 October 2022
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: Merrill Lynch International
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose Ted Baker plc
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: ABG-Robin BidCo (UK) Limited
(a newly incorporated entity
wholly-owned by Authentic
Brands
Group, LLC)
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(d) Date dealing undertaken: 10/10/2022
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(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the N/A
exempt principal trader making disclosures in
respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchases/ Total number of securities Highest price Lowest price
sales per unit per unit
paid/received paid/received
5p ordinary Purchase 47,880 1.096 GBP 1.096 GBP
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5p ordinary Sale 65,996 1.1 GBP 1.096 GBP
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference Price per unit
relevant security e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a securities
long/short position,
increasing/reducing a
long/short position
5p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Long Position 19,803 1.096 GBP
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5p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a Short Position 23,893 1.096 GBP
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5p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 2,243 1.096 GBP
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5p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 12,492 1.1 GBP
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5p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 808 1.1 GBP
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5p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 21,761 1.1 GBP
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5p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 29,006 1.1 GBP
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5p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Short 18 1.096 GBP
Position
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5p ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 6 1.1 GBP
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry date Option money
of description purchasing, of price e.g. paid/
relevant e.g. call selling, securities to per unit American, received per
security option varying etc. which option European etc. unit
relates
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ Number of Exercise Price per
e.g. call option exercised securities unit
against
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. 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: 11/10/2022
Contact name: Hannah Chae
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Telephone number: +44207 995 0334
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a
Regulatory Information
Service.
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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