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 26/06/2026 | (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 875,461 1.187% 85,821 0.116% | (2) Cash-settled derivatives 0 0.000% 5,372 0.007% | (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell 0 0.000% 0 0.000% | Total 875,461 1.187% 91,193 0.123% |
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 38 4.090000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 700 3.700000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 364 3.800000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 269 3.880000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 200 3.910000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 200 3.920000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 199 3.970000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 489,116 3.960000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 34 3.835000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 605 3.940000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 204 3.935000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 264 3.980000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 34 3.875000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 269 3.925019 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 200 3.905000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 3 3.916667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 200 3.895000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 6 3.896667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 34 3.865000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 6 3.866667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 200 3.965000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 100 3.977500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 69 3.985073 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 200 3.995000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 250 3.975000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 57 3.937544 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 9 3.906667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 29 3.685173 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 3 3.886667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 31 3.935162 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 3 3.876667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 69 3.895073 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 69 3.905073 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 3 3.966667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 19 3.975264 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 69 3.975073 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 69 3.935073 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Purchase 41,528 3.960000 USD |
Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 2 4.080000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 198 4.085000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 123 3.680000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 300 3.690000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 23 3.700000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 123 3.750000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 47 3.800000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 123 3.820000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 100 3.795000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 3,177 3.880000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 800 3.910000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 908 3.920000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 700 3.900000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 100 3.850000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 200 3.840000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 962 3.870000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 600 3.970000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 30,596 3.960000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 200 4.000000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 33 3.803334 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 100 3.825000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 472 3.890000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 830 3.835000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 900 3.940000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 500 3.935000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 600 3.955000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 700 3.950000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 200 4.010000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 600 3.980000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 200 3.875000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 500 3.990000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 526 3.885000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 926 3.895000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 200 3.965000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 500 3.985000 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 3 3.906667 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 61 3.795082 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 36 3.837500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 100 3.802500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 100 3.702500 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 18 3.968334 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 23 3.943914 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 23 3.976522 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 26 3.936154 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 21 3.989048 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 24 3.995834 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 26 3.924616 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 24 3.860417 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 34 3.848824 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 29 3.908621 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 37 3.836487 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 27 3.918519 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 23 3.890435 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 41 3.836586 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 29 3.814138 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 31 3.838388 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 28 3.845358 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 28 3.814286 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 29 3.837242 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 29 3.827932 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 17 3.835883 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 37 3.834865 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 36 3.817778 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 193 3.885026 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 93 3.885054 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 27 3.875186 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 122 3.895082 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 113 3.905045 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 13 3.935385 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 27 3.965186 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 61 3.825082 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 73 4.085069 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 386 3.935026 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 245 3.935021 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Sale 9,847 3.960000 USD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security N/A | Product description e.g. CFD N/A | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/ closing a long/ short position, increasing/ reducing a long/ short position N/A | Number of reference securities (Note 6) N/A | Price per unit (Note 5) USD N/A |
(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 from PB Return of Borrow of 13,317 shares 3.96 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Borrow Borrow of 341 shares 3.54 USD | $0.01 ordinary shares Borrow Return of Borrow of 8,500 shares 3.54 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 29/06/2026 | Contact name Kamil Dziedzic | Telephone number +353 86 168 4821 |
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