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RNS Number : 7889I

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited

30 July 2012

AMENDMENT

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 Securities Limited 
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 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this   Cove 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    Shell Exploration and Production (XL) B.V 
 connected: 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                25th July 2012 
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 (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under      No 
 the Code in respect 
 of any other party to this offer? 
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   2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER 
   (a)        Purchases and sales 
 
   Class of relevant      Purchases/ sales       Total number of       Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit 
        security                                   securities              paid/received            paid/received 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 1p ordinary              PURCHASES          70,152                    2.3850 GBP               2.3850 GBP 
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 1p ordinary              SALES              50,000                    2.3945 GBP               2.3850 GBP 
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   (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
 Class of relevant    Product description           Nature of dealing           Number of     Price per 
      security               e.g CFD                       e.g                  reference     unit (GBP) 
                                                     opening/closing            securities 
                                                       a long/short 
                                              position, increasing/reducing 
                                                       a long/short 
                                                         position 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    SHORT                             8,884,745     3.2772 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    SHORT                             8,884,745     3.2772 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              103,055       2.0197 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              2,114,494     2.3240 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              423,137       2.3543 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              2,817,660     2.3621 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              140,311       2.3648 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              210,000       2.3838 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              200,000       2.3845 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              800,000       2.3850 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              200,000       2.3850 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              928,850       2.3884 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              2,369,597     2.3931 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              2,165,000     2.3950 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              2,165,000     2.3950 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              5,970,000     2.3950 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              1,275,505     2.4191 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              300,000       2.5490 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              86,270        2.5961 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              190,528       2.6440 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              1,406,670     2.6441 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              45,450        2.6541 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              1,245,105     2.6750 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    LONG                              1,000,000     2.6964 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    SHORT                             8,367         2.3850 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    SHORT                             61,785        2.3850 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    SHORT                             28,688        2.3950 
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 1p ordinary          CFD                    SHORT                             7,557,695     2.4418 
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   (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
    Class         Product        Writing,         Number        Exercise       Type      Expiry    Option 
  of relevant    description    purchasing,    of securities    price per      e.g.       date      money 
   security         e.g.         selling,        to which         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 
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   (ii)        Exercising 
 
 Class of relevant security   Product description   Number of securities   Exercise price per unit 
                                e.g. call option 
---------------------------  --------------------  ---------------------  ------------------------ 
 N/A                          N/A                   N/A                    N/A 
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   (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 
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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:    30th July 2012 
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 Contact name:          Julie Archer 
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 Telephone number:      0207 425 1155 
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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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