AMENDMENT
INCREASED PURCHASES FROM 32,600,849 TO 42,881,635 AND INCREASED SALES
FROM 33,607,447 TO 38,116,660 AND INCREASED HIGHEST PRICE PER UNIT
RECEIVED FROM 2.3670 GBP TO 2.3685 GBP. INCREASE CONVERTIBLE BOND
PURCHASES FROM 17,500,000 TO 24,701,800 AND INCREASED CONVERTIBLE BOND
SALES FROM 13,500,000 TO 17,001,000
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH
RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
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J.P. Morgan Securities plc
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant
securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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Aegis Group Plc
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal
trader is connected:
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Aegis Group Plc
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(d) Date dealing undertaken:
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12 July 2012
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(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing,
under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?
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No
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2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
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Class of relevant security
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Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities
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Highest price per unit paid/received
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Lowest price per unit paid/received
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Ordinary
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Purchases
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42,811,635
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2.3680 GBP
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2.3500 GBP
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Shares
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Sales
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38,116,660
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2.3670 GBP
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2.3500 GBP
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Class of relevant security
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Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities
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Highest price per unit paid/received
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Lowest price per unit paid/received
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Convertible
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Purchases
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24,701,800
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172.6250 GBP
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168.7500 GBP
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Bond
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Sales
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17,001,000
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172.7500 GBP
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169.7500 GBP
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(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. CFD
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Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing
a long/short position
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Number of reference securities
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Price per unit
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Ordinary Shares
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Equity Swap
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Long
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620,000
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2.3500 GBP
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800,000
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2.3540 GBP
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500,000
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2.3565 GBP
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200,000
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2.3588 GBP
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2,500,000
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2.3591 GBP
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Short
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3,000,000
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2.3601 GBP
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620,000
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2.3634 GBP
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6,970,500
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3.6419 GBP
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(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Class of relevant security
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Product description e.g. call option
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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
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Number of securities to which option relates
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Exercise price per unit
(GBP)
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Type
e.g. American, European etc.
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Expiry date
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Option money paid/ received per unit
(GBP)
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(ii) Exercising
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. call option
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Number of securities
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Exercise price per unit
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Class of relevant security
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Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
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Details
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Price per unit (if applicable)
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be
stated.
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant
securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a),
(b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security dealt in.
3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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"
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives
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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"
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Date of disclosure:
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19 July 2012
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Contact name:
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Andrew Mhango
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Telephone number:
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0207 134 6114
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a
Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover
Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in
relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638
0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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