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FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
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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")
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1. KEY INFORMATION
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader: | J.P. Morgan Securities Plc |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Corporate Broker to Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 31 July 2019 |
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | N/A |
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2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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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.
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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(a) Purchases and sales
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Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales  | Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received (GBP) | Lowest price per unit paid/received (GBP) |
Ordinary Share | Purchase  Sale | 1,842,646  1,151,236 | 5.7476  5.3989 | 4.4922  4.5000 |
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. CFD | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position | Number of reference securities | Price per unit |
Ordinary Share | Equity Swap | Long                                 Short                           | 7,600 1,179 24,650 12,020 4,704 900 51,550 47,740 2,156 739 1,467 13,856 1,274 1,705 15,707 400 5,654 12,600 1,521 2,405 423 1,521 1,264 161 381 5,476 445 190 3,717 871 1,569 450  4,217 14 520 3,872 366 8,265 638 7,270 381 401 17 538 52 58,090 623,994 184 68 22,342 8 273 4,084 106,324 1,536 2,065 1,059 9,250 5,471 | 4.7056 GBP 4.8172 GBP 4.8375 GBP 4.8432 GBP 4.8722 GBP 4.8867 GBP 4.8937 GBP 4.9058 GBP 4.9256 GBP 4.9359 GBP 4.9449 GBP 4.9688 GBP 4.9798 GBP 4.9799 GBP 4.9800 GBP 4.9916 GBP 4.9923 GBP 4.9925 GBP 5.0019 GBP 5.0145 GBP 5.0182 GBP 5.0210 GBP 5.0227 GBP 5.0235 GBP 5.0237 GBP 5.0244 GBP 5.0280 GBP 5.0293 GBP 5.0296 GBP 5.0406 GBP 5.0479 GBP 5.2899 GBP  4.4923 GBP 4.5393 GBP 4.5396 GBP 4.6240 GBP 4.6330 GBP 4.6435 GBP 4.6611 GBP 4.6648 GBP 4.7002 GBP 4.7100 GBP 4.7430 GBP 4.7431 GBP 4.7432 GBP 4.8193 GBP 4.8663 GBP 4.8819 GBP 4.9201 GBP 4.9220 GBP 4.9593 GBP 4.9661 GBP 4.9681 GBP 4.9800 GBP 4.9903 GBP 5.0289 GBP 5.0326 GBP 5.0626 GBP 5.4196 GBP |
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
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(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Number of securities to which option relates | Exercise price per unit | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
Ordinary Share |
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(ii) Exercise
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Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
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(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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" |
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" |
None  |
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| Date of disclosure: | 1 August 2019 |
| Contact name: | Alwyn Basch |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 7407 |
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
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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.
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The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.