REG-HSBC Bank Plc: Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - BSS Group plc

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: HSBC Bank Plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: BSS Group Plc
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: Travis Perkins Plc
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 09 September 2010
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer? YES
If YES, specify which: 1st September 2010

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: Ordinary
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 8706 -
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 8706 -

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(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 securities Price per unit
Ordinary Purchase 59 438.2 (GBX)

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security Product description Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option

(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

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"

(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"

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO

Date of disclosure: 10th September 2010
Contact name: David Jenkins
Telephone number: 020 799 22010

Telephone number:

020 799 22010

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
mailto: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
http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/ .

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