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RNS Number : 6110N
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
29 July 2014 
 
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:                                                               MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED  
 (b)  Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose                                                   Balfour Beatty PLC                                  
 relevant securities this form relates:                                                                                                                  
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree                                                                                                            
 (c)  Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:                Balfour Beatty PLC                                  
 (d)  Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                         28/07/2014                                          
 (e)  Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any  No                                                  
 other party to this offer?                                                                                                                              
 
 
(c) 
 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is
connected: 
 
Balfour Beatty PLC 
 
 (d)  Date position held/dealing undertaken:  
 
 
28/07/2014 
 
 (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:     Common - GB0000961622  
                                 Interests              Short Positions  
 Number                          %                      Number           %  
 (1)  Relevant securities owned  0                      0 %              0  0 %  
 and/or controlled:                                                              
 (2)  Derivatives (other than    0                      0%               0  0%   
 options):                                                                       
 (3)  Options and agreements to  0                      0%               0  0 %  
 purchase/sell:                                                                  
 TOTAL:                          0                      0%               0  0%   
 
 
0 
 
0 % 
 
TOTAL: 
 
0 
 
0% 
 
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   N/A  
 which subscription right exists:                 
 Details, including nature of the rights     N/A  
 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    Price per unit  
                                            securities                   
 ADR - ISIN US05845R3066     Purchase       245          8.7 USD         
 
 
 (b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)  
 
 
 Class of            Product description  Nature of dealing                             Number of reference securities  Price per unit  
 relevant security   e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a                                                                        
                                          long/short position, increasing/reducing a                                                    
                                          long/short position                                                                           
 N/A                 N/A                  N/A                                           N/A                             N/A             
 
 
 (c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities  
 
 
 (i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying  
 
 
 Class               Product description e.g. call option  Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.  Number                               Exercise   Type                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  
 of                                                                                                    of                                   price      e.g. American, European etc.                                                      
 relevant security                                                                                     securities to which option relates   per unit                                                                                     
 N/A                 N/A                                   N/A                                         N/A                                  N/A        N/A                            N/A          N/A                                   
 
 
 (ii)  Exercising  
 
 
 Class of relevant security  Product description  Number of    Exercise Price per   
                             e.g. call option     securities   unit                 
 N/A                         N/A                  N/A          N/A                  
 
 
 (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                             
 
 
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:  29/07/2014     
 Contact name:        Stacy Otieno   
 Telephone number:    0207 995 1335  
 
 
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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