{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"78915","rtpr_id":"nGNE3Sw3mS","ticker":"PHARP","exchange":"LSE","all_tickers":["PHARP"],"title":"REG-Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Pharos Energy Plc","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-07-02T08:51:22.083Z","article_body":"PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED\nINTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY \nRule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”\n\n1.        KEY INFORMATION\n\n (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                                                                                   Shore Capital Stockbrokers Ltd  \n (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree  Pharos Energy Plc               \n (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:                                                    Ratio Petroleum Energy LP       \n (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                                                           01 July 2026                    \n (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?           No                              \n\n2.        DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER\n\n(a)        Purchases and sales\n\n Class of relevant security  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received  Lowest price per unit paid/received  \n Ordinary                    Purchases         163,500                     24.79p                                24.6p                                \n Ordinary                    Sales             9,125                       25.035p                               24.95p                               \n\n(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than option)\n\n Class of relevant security  Product description  e.g. CFD  Nature of dealing  e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position  Number of reference securities  Price per unit  \n                                                                                                                                                                                                                      \n\n(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities\n\n(i)        Writing, selling, purchasing or varying\n\n 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  e.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  \n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             \n\n(ii)        Exercising\n\n Class of relevant security  Product description  e.g. call option  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  \n                                                                                                                   \n\n(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)\n\n Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing  e.g. subscription, conversion  Details  Price per unit (if applicable)  \n                                                                                                                        \n\nThe currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.\n\nWhere there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities\nof the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as\nappropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.\n\n3.        OTHER INFORMATION\n\n(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements\n\n 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”      \n None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          \n\n(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to\noptions or derivatives\n\n 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”      \n None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           \n\n\n\n Date of disclosure:  02 July 2026   \n Contact name:        Justin Ball    \n Telephone number:    0207 601 6116  \n\nPublic disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory\nInformation Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at\nmonitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is\navailable for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure\nrequirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. \nThe Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at\nwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNE3Sw3mS","title":"REG-Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Pharos Energy Plc","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"PHARP","created":"2026-07-02T08:51:22.083Z","tickers":["PHARP"],"exchange":"LSE","article_body":"PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED\nINTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY \nRule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”\n\n1.        KEY INFORMATION\n\n (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                                                                                   Shore Capital Stockbrokers Ltd  \n (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree  Pharos Energy Plc               \n (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:                                                    Ratio Petroleum Energy LP       \n (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                                                           01 July 2026                    \n (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?           No                              \n\n2.        DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER\n\n(a)        Purchases and sales\n\n Class of relevant security  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received  Lowest price per unit paid/received  \n Ordinary                    Purchases         163,500                     24.79p                                24.6p                                \n Ordinary                    Sales             9,125                       25.035p                               24.95p                               \n\n(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than option)\n\n Class of relevant security  Product description  e.g. CFD  Nature of dealing  e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position  Number of reference securities  Price per unit  \n                                                                                                                                                                                                                      \n\n(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities\n\n(i)        Writing, selling, purchasing or varying\n\n 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  e.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  \n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             \n\n(ii)        Exercising\n\n Class of relevant security  Product description  e.g. call option  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  \n                                                                                                                   \n\n(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)\n\n Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing  e.g. subscription, conversion  Details  Price per unit (if applicable)  \n                                                                                                                        \n\nThe currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.\n\nWhere there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities\nof the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as\nappropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.\n\n3.        OTHER INFORMATION\n\n(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements\n\n 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”      \n None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          \n\n(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to\noptions or derivatives\n\n 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”      \n None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           \n\n\n\n Date of disclosure:  02 July 2026   \n Contact name:        Justin Ball    \n Telephone number:    0207 601 6116  \n\nPublic disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory\nInformation Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at\nmonitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is\navailable for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure\nrequirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. \nThe Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at\nwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk."},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-07-02T08:51:22.177565464Z","server_sent_at_ms":1782982282177},"received_at":"2026-07-02T08:51:22.237Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"68158","press_release_id":"78915","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels","sector":"Energy"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"regulatory","narrative":"Shore Capital Stockbrokers Ltd disclosed trading activity in Pharos Energy Plc on July 1, 2026, as required by Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code. 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