FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Identity of the person whose positions/ SVM Asset Management
Limited dealings are being disclosed:
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short N/A
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is
insufficient
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to Valiant Petroleum PLC
whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with N/A
an offeror/offeree, state this and specify
identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 12/04/2013
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or No
are they today disclosing, under the Code in
respect of any other party to this offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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 Shares
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned 585,760 1.43
and/or controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than
options):
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 585,760 1.43
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 N/A
relation to which subscription right
exists:
Details, including nature of the N/A
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(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for
each additional class of relevant security.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
Ord Sale 7,000 GBP4.59
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security e.g. opening/closing a securities
e.g. CFD long/short position,
increasing/reducing a
long/short position
N/A
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry Option
relevant description purchasing, securities price
date money
security e.g. call selling, to which per unit e.g. paid/
option varying option American, received
etc. relates European per unit
etc.
N/A
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product Number of Exercise price per
security description securities unit
e.g. call option
N/A
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit
security (if applicable)
e.g. subscription,
conversion
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(c), 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 person 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 person 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: 15th April 2013
Contact name: Bridgette McDonald
Telephone number: 0131 718 5602
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 .