Form 8.3: Trintech Group PLC

  FORM 8.3 IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED) DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE 1.        KEY INFORMATION -+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+  |Name of person dealing (Note 1) |Centaurus Capital Limited | -+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+  |Company dealt in |Trintech Group plc | -+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+  |Class of relevant security to which the |$ 0.0027 Ordinary shares ADR | |dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) |(1ADR worth 2 Ordinary shares) | -+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+  |Date of dealing |15-12-2010 | -+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ 2.        INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS (a)        Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3) -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |  | Long |Short | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |  |Number(%) |Number(%) | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |(1) Relevant securities |418,378     2.50|  | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |(2) Derivatives (other than options) |  |  | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell|  |  | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |Total |418,378     2.50|  | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+   (b)        Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |Class of relevant security: | Long |Short | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |  |Number(%) |Number(%) | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |  |  |  | |(1) Relevant securities | | | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |  |  |  | |(2) Derivatives (other than options) | | | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |  |  |  | |(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell| | | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+  |  |  |  | |Total | | | -+-------------------------------------------+----------------+----------------+   3.        DEALINGS (Note 4) (a)        Purchases and sales -+--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+  |  |  |   | |Purchase/sale |Number of relevant securities|Price per unit (Note 5) | -+--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+  |Purchase |       1,000 | US$ 6.52  | -+--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+ (b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions) -+---------+------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+  |Product |  |  |   | |name, |Nature of |Number of relevant securities |Price per unit | |e.g. CFD |transaction |  |  | | |  |(Note 7) |(Note 5) | | |(Note 6) | | | -+---------+------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+  |  |  |  |   | -+---------+------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+ (c)        Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities (i)        Writing, selling, purchasing or varying -+--------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+------+---------------+  |Product |Writing, |Number of |Exercise |Type, e.g.|Expiry|Option money  | |name, |selling, |securities |price |American, |date |paid/received | |e.g. |purchasing, |to which | |European | |per unit | |call |varying etc.|the option | |etc. | |(Note 5) | |option | |relates | | | | | | | |(Note 7) | | | | | -+--------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+------+---------------+  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | -+--------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+------+---------------+ (ii)Exercising -+--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+  |Product name, |Number of securities |Exercise price per unit (Note  | |e.g. call | |5) | |option | | | -+--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+  |  |  |   | -+--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+ (d)        Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4) -+--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+  |Nature of |Details |Price per unit  | |transaction | |(if applicable) (Note 5) | |(Note 8) | | | -+--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+  |  |  |   | -+--------------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+   4.        OTHER INFORMATION 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. | -+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+  |   | -+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)        NO -+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+  |Date of disclosure | 16-12-2010  | -+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+  |Contact name |Paul Leary  | -+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+  |Telephone number |++ 44 20 7852 3800  | -+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+  |If a connected EFM, name of | None  | |offeree/offeror with which connected | | -+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+  |If a connected EFM, state nature of |   | |connection (Note 10) | | -+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Centaurus Capital Limited via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1473669]