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RNS Number : 2328M
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
14 July 2014 
 
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:                                                                                          Bank of America Merrill Lynch  
 (b)  Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose                                                                              Rockhopper Exploration 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:                                           Rockhopper Exploration PLC     
 (d)  Date dealing undertaken:                                                                                                  11/07/2014                     
 (e)  Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?  Yes                            
 
 
(c) 
 
Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is
connected: 
 
Rockhopper Exploration PLC 
 
 (d)  Date dealing undertaken:  
 
 
11/07/2014 
 
 (e)  Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?  
 
 
Yes 
 
 2.  DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER  
 
 
 (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   
 Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23  Purchase    30,950                      0.93 GBP        0.91 GBP        
 Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23  Sale        42,744                      0.933 GBP       0.915 GBP       
 
 
 (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                                                                           
 Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23  Swaps                Long                                          5,795                           0.922 GBP       
 Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23  Swaps                Short                                         1,533                           0.92 GBP        
 Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23  Swaps                Long                                          4,255                           0.93 GBP        
 Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23  Swaps                Long                                          2,071                           0.93 GBP        
 Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23  Swaps                Long                                          1,206                           0.932 GBP       
 Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23  Swaps                Short                                         505                             0.91 GBP        
 Common - ISIN GB00B0FVQX23  Swaps                Long                                          505                             0.927 GBP       
 
 
 (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 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class
of relevant security dealt in. 
 
 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:    
 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:  14/07/2014     
 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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