Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

RNS Number : 5964Y

Cenkos Securities PLC

02 March 2012

 



`FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

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:	1st March 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:	0	0	1,687	0
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	0	0	0	0
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	0	0	1,687	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	20000	222.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	19466	224.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	30111	224.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	250000	226.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	175300	226.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	850000	226.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	145286	227.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	50000	228.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	20000	229.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	925000	230.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	1068000	234.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	3100856	234.82
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	100000	237.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	283292	238.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	26477	238.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	3786519	239.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	300000	23925
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	200000	239.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Purchase	100000	240.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	20055	222.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	44287	222.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	181140	222.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	48928	222.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	16604	223.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	89336	223.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	446	223.95
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	33677	224.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	170372	224.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	61065	224.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	375500	225.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	164094	225.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	970	225.60
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	400	225.375
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	46455	225.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	332305	226.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	78493	226.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	6262	226.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	109668	226.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	134146	227.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	57568	227.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	250245	228.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	215567	228.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	36315	229.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	65397	229.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	1268593	230.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	23100	230.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	101384	230.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	259463	231.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	24430	231.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	900	232.625
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	54877	233.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	1800	233.62
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	824475	234.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	282057	234.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	30475	235.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	14773	235.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	10305	236.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	51890	236.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	37966	236.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	33298	237.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	50004	237.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	108208	237.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	31552	237.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	259338	238.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	19005	238.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	4160820	239.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	390933	239.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	310641	239.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	51052	239.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	290621	240.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	37571	240.25
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	109351	241.00
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	13340	241.50
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	5064	241.75
1p Ordinary Shares	Sale	108161	243.00

Total Purchases       11450307 

Total Sales                11504742

(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:	2nd March 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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