16 May 2017 12:36
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCAHSES BY 15,980 TO 75,623
INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 11,514 TO 43,614
ADDED EQUITY SWAP PURCHASES OF 11,514
ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 15,980
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
(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 | WS Atkins Plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Financial Adviser & Corporate Broker to WS Atkins Plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 10 May 2017 |
(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
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.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received (GBP)
| Lowest price per unit paid/received (GBP)
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Ordinary Shares
| Purchases
Sales | 75,623
43,614 | 21.0750
21.0376 | 21.0000
21.0000 |
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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 (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares | Equity Swaps
| Long
Short | 11,514 857 820 398 396 19,037 13 1,180 9 1,630 1,225 383 594 42 28 86 169 152 95 2,408 167 54 45 10 500 1 116 16,196 174 91 6 12 4 211 674 1 3 133 1,671 | 21.0144 21.0196 21.0276 21.0284 21.0301 21.0158 21.0199 21.0200 21.0204 21.0209 21.0211 21.0212 21.0213 21.0219 21.0224 21.0269 21.0271 21.0274 21.0319 21.0320 21.0327 21.0328 21.0330 21.0359 21.0363 21.0405 21.0408 21.0410 21.0416 21.0418 21.0429 21.0452 21.0471 21.0474 21.0508 21.0521 21.0563 21.0571 21.0697 |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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 (GBP) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares |
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) (GBP) |
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(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 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
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: | 16 May 2017 |
| Contact name: | Tung Le |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 7272 |
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.