RNS Number : 1935K Bank of America Merrill Lynch 29 June 2026  

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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