FORM 8.3
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER
RULES, 2022 BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Full name of discloser Bank of America Corporation | (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a) The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named. | (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree Forward Industries Inc. | (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree (Note 1) | (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure 08/07/2026 | (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser also making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" No |
2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
If there are interests and short positions to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2 for each additional class of relevant security.
Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
(Note 2)
Class of relevant security (Note 3) 0.01 ordinary shares | Interests Short positions | Number % Number % | (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled 1,129,741 1.532% 108,224 0.147% | (2) Cash-settled derivatives 32,816 0.045% 6,572 0.009% | (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell 0 0.000% 0 0.000% | Total 1,162,557 1.577% 114,796 0.156% |
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of options including rights to subscribe for new securities and any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (Note 4)
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.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 1,352 4.090000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 862 4.085000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 100 4.080000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 100 4.075000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 200 4.070000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 58 4.055000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 200 4.060000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 100 4.100000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 961 4.110000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 420 4.115000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 7 4.115715 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 100 4.045000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 3 4.050000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 45 4.056000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 63 4.060159 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 53 4.057736 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 59 4.056780 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 58 4.055345 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 64 4.058907 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 59 4.085085 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 21 4.115239 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 21 4.105239 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 12 4.109167 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 20 4.111500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 21 4.112381 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 21 4.109048 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 1,200 4.077083 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 501 4.090000 USD |
Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 958 4.090000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 2 4.105000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 108 4.085000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.086667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 328 4.080000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 284 4.070000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 30 4.065000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 202 4.060000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 5 4.096000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 74 4.100000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 502 4.095000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 191 4.110000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 42 4.115000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 5 4.086000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 14 4.085715 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 130 4.120000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 3 4.050000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 10 4.064000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 3 4.083334 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 2 4.125000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 60 4.155000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 715 4.160000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 228 4.150000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 24 4.175000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 149 4.170000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 100 4.210000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 2 4.195000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 500 4.190000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 1,119 4.180000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 470 4.200000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.089500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 63 4.115239 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.116500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.109048 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 100 4.130000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 13 4.100770 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 24 4.096667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 40 4.065500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 48 4.078334 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 23 4.070435 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 18 4.087778 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 30 4.100667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 5 4.088000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 60 4.099167 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.095239 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 44 4.068864 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 42 4.065239 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 6 4.088334 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 128 4.099375 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.067500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 18 4.063889 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 7 4.087143 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.085239 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 24 4.089584 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.083500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 11 4.087273 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 29 4.089656 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 23 4.075653 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 53 4.089246 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.100953 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 23 4.096522 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.098500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 12 4.097500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 28 4.078215 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.099048 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.088096 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.061500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 23 4.091305 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 11 4.101819 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 85 4.110824 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 32 4.119063 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.155239 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 30 4.146000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 33 4.176667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 25 4.157200 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 125 4.150080 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.164000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 28 4.153215 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 78 4.119359 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 4 4.167500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 12 4.185000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 4 4.152500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 10 4.138000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.148572 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 40 4.157000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.111000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 6 4.108334 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 22 4.119091 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 7 4.122858 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 8 4.158750 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 6 4.111667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.141429 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.153334 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.129000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 19 4.126843 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 52 4.154231 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 13 4.116154 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 22 4.115455 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 17 4.164118 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 9 4.095556 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 28 4.108929 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.119048 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 39 4.151026 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 7 4.151429 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.109500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 85 4.159648 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 93 4.095054 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 83 4.095061 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 17 4.095295 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 15 4.080667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.076191 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 23 4.089566 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 20 4.089000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 22 4.089546 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.088572 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 115 4.085044 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 7 4.091429 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 4.079524 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 19 4.088948 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 17 4.192942 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 14 4.179286 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 4 4.177500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 9 4.188889 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 12 4.165834 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 100 4.165000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 1,139 4.090000 USD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security $0.01 ordinary shares | Product description e.g. CFD Swaps - Equity Swaps | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/ closing a long/ short position, increasing/ reducing a long/ short position Increasing a short position | Number of reference securities (Note 6) 1,200 | Price per unit (Note 5) USD 4.077083 USD |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security N/A | Product description e.g. call option N/A | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. N/A | Number of securities to which option relates (Note 6) N/A | Exercise price per unit N/A | Type e.g. American, European etc. N/A | Expiry date N/A | Option money paid/ received per unit N/A |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security N/A | Product description e.g. call option N/A | Exercising/ exercised against N/A | Number of securities N/A | Exercise price per unit (Note 5) N/A |
(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 3)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion, exercise Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) | $0.01 ordinary shares Borrow Borrow of 1,028 shares 4.31 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Borrow from PB Borrow of 48,000 shares 4.09 USD |
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.
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached?
No
Date of disclosure 09/07/2026 | Contact name Kamil Dziedzic | Telephone number +353 86 168 4821 |
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