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RNS Number : 2644E

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

06 February 2015

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:                                           Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc 
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 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this      Ophir Energy Plc 
 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       Ophir Energy Plc 
 connected: 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                   05 FEBRUARY 2015 
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 (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the     Yes 
 Code in respect 
 of any other party to this offer? 
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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         Purchases/sales   Total number     Highest               Lowest price 
  relevant                           of securities    price per             per unit 
  security                                            unit paid/received    paid/received 
---------------  ----------------  ---------------  --------------------  --------------- 
 0.25p ordinary   PURCHASES         234,470          1.5240 GBP            1.4110 GBP 
---------------  ----------------  ---------------  --------------------  --------------- 
 0.25p ordinary   SALES             1,188,083        1.5200 GBP            1.4140 GBP 
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   (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
 Class of         Product        Nature of                        Number of     Price 
  relevant         description    dealing                          reference     per unit 
  security         e.g. CFD       e.g. opening/closing             securities 
                                  a long/short 
                                  position, increasing/reducing 
                                  a long/short 
                                  position 
---------------  -------------  -------------------------------  ------------  ---------- 
 0.25p ordinary   CFD            LONG                             5,607         1.4167 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            LONG                             106           1.4316 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            LONG                             170           1.4478 
                                                                                 GBP 
---------------  -------------  -------------------------------  ------------  ---------- 
 0.25p ordinary   CFD            LONG                             17,000        1.4748 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            LONG                             22,000        1.4756 
                                                                                 GBP 
---------------  -------------  -------------------------------  ------------  ---------- 
 0.25p ordinary   CFD            LONG                             4,600         1.4758 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            LONG                             2,000         1.4770 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            LONG                             2,000         1.4770 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            13,581        1.4263 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            48            1.4410 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            48            1.4781 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            48            1.4781 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            4             1.4825 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            16            1.4830 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            264           1.4834 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            37            1.4840 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            37            1.4854 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            81,977        1.4895 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            134,300       1.4974 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            SHORT                            420           1.4979 
                                                                                 GBP 
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 0.25p ordinary   CFD            LONG                             970           1.5106 
                                                                                 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   Option 
  of relevant    description    purchasing,    of securities    price       e.g.         date     money 
  security       e.g.           selling,       to which         per unit    American,             paid/ 
                 call           varying        option                       European              received 
                 option         etc.           relates                      etc.                  per unit 
-------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
 N/A            N/A            N/A            N/A              N/A         N/A          N/A      N/A 
-------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
 
   (ii)        Exercise 
 
 Class of relevant   Product description   Number of     Exercise price 
  security            e.g. call option      securities    per unit 
------------------  --------------------  ------------  --------------- 
 N/A                 N/A                   N/A           N/A 
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   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant   Nature of        Details   Price per 
  security            dealing e.g.               unit (if applicable) 
                      subscription, 
                      conversion 
------------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------------- 
 N/A                 N/A              N/A       N/A 
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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" 
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   None 
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   (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" 
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   None 
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 Date of disclosure:    06 FEBRUARY 2015 
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 Contact name:          Craig Horsley 
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 Telephone number:      +44(141) 245 7736 
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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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