Bank of America Merrill Lynch Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) (2946A)
01 June 2021 - 4:00PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMRSA
RNS Number : 2946A
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
31 May 2021
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 RSA Insurance Group Limited
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: Regent Bidco Limited (a
wholly-owned subsidiary of
Intact Financial Corporation)
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(d) Date dealing undertaken: 28/05/2021
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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
100p Ordinary Purchase 425,097 6.846 GBP 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Sale 722,019 6.844 GBP 6.841 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
100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 33 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 31 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 47 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 137 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 49 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 3 6.844 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 15 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 17 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 928 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 325 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 97 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 231 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 214 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 215 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 224 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 23 6.844 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 47 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 68 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 45 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 193 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 68 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 7 6.844 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 1 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 44 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 3 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Increasing a Long Position 85 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 215 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 23 6.844 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 939 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 11 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 138 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 332 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 217 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 216 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 191 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 118 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 29 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 179 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 181 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 95 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 12 6.844 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 511 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 117 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 10 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 44 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 15 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 2 6.844 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 15 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 10 6.841 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Reducing a Short Position 10 6.842 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Closing a Long Position 2,550 6.843 GBP
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100p Ordinary Swaps Opening a Long Position 2,550 6.843 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: 31/05/2021
Contact name: Tolu Tade
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Telephone number: +44207 996 3410
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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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