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/dealings Pentwater Capital are being disclosed:
Management LP
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is
insufficient
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose Cove Energy Plc relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an N/A
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: May 24, 2012
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are NO
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:
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than 36,217,183 7.38%
options):
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 36,217,183 7.38%
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 which subscription right
exists:
Details, including nature of the
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
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description e.g. opening/closing a reference unit
security e.g. CFD long/short position, securities
increasing/reducing a
long/short position
Ordinary CFD Decreasing a long 1,441 2.55 GBP
Shares position
Ordinary CFD Decreasing a long 44,993 2.55 GBP
Shares position
Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry Option relevant description purchasing, securities price e.g. date money security e.g. call selling, to which per unit American, paid/
option varying option European received
etc. relates etc. per unit
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product Number of Exercise price per
security description securities unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit
security e.g. subscription, (if applicable)
conversion
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"
(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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: May 25, 2012
Contact name: Neal Nenadovic
Telephone number: 312-589-6405
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 .