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20 Mar 2018 14:31
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 1,282,344 TO 3,657,570
INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 10,277 TO 2,754,704
ADDED EQUITY SWAP PURCHASES OF 10,277
ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 1,282,344
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 | GKN plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Corporate Broker and Financial Advisor to GKN Plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 14 March 2018 |
(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" | Yes Melrose PLC
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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) |
Ordinary Shares | Purchases
Sales | 3,657,570
2,754,704 | 4.4190
4.4134 | 4.2850
4.2850 |
(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
|
Ordinary Shares | Equity Swaps
| Long
Short | 13,942 411,196 3,178 109,452 76,670 33,424 10,083 19,684 7,099
729 651 3,988 830 6,576 663 100,000 32,078 4,840 318,785 18,206 91,756 36,062 500,000 200,000 92,303 463,559 | 4.3584 GBP 4.3600 GBP 4.3607 GBP 4.3643 GBP 4.3647 GBP 4.3668 GBP 4.3686 GBP 4.3695 GBP 4.4134 GBP
4.2964 GBP 4.2972 GBP 4.3102 GBP 4.3111 GBP 4.3154 GBP 4.3156 GBP 4.3172 GBP 4.3386 GBP 4.3466 GBP 4.3469 GBP 4.3497 GBP 4.3529 GBP 4.3604 GBP 4.3644 GBP 4.3672 GBP 4.3772 GBP 6.1062 USD |
(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) |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
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(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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3. 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 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 |
| Date of disclosure: | 20 March 2018 |
| Contact name: | Alwyn Basch |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 7407 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 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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