26 Mar 2018 17:12
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 150,000 TO 6,466,184
INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 403,500 TO 4,697,529
ADDED EQUITY SWAP PURCHASES OF 1,238,710
ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 985,210
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 | Melrose Industries 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: | 15 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" | GKN 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 | 6,466,184
4,697,529 | 2.2490
2.2540 | 2.1790
2.1790 |
(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 | 412,710 1,456 253,500 10,376 1,351 25,760 7,359 83,848 835,210 150,000 422,500 232,937 43,095 8,540 174 19,110 18,286 36,100 11,775 50,179 55,790 79,559 3,105 14,198 11,508 763 6,724 1,436 5,957 1,258 9,221 15,356 10,195 7,354 1,000,000 52,880
335 150,000 11,334 1,638 3,409 4,122 10,143 28,897 2,391 1,832 244,290 5,314 9,053 50,763 9,668 26,263 1,004,784 70 491,561 6,908 2,361 2,706 6,789 180,720 976,405 1,602 1,000,000 | 2.1938 GBP 2.1944 GBP 2.1948 GBP 2.1996 GBP 2.2000 GBP 2.2100 GBP 2.2173 GBP 2.2209 GBP 2.2210 GBP 2.2282 GBP 2.2289 GBP 2.2298 GBP 2.2307 GBP 2.2308 GBP 2.2317 GBP 2.2350 GBP 2.2365 GBP 2.2384 GBP 2.2392 GBP 2.2394 GBP 2.2399 GBP 2.2403 GBP 2.2406 GBP 2.2407 GBP 2.2411 GBP 2.2453 GBP 2.2464 GBP 2.2469 GBP 2.2476 GBP 2.2477 GBP 2.2486 GBP 2.2493 GBP 2.2517 GBP 2.2526 GBP 2.2550 GBP 3.1036 USD
2.1802 GBP 2.1899 GBP 2.1923 GBP 2.1931 GBP 2.1942 GBP 2.1965 GBP 2.1983 GBP 2.2008 GBP 2.2011 GBP 2.2021 GBP 2.2043 GBP 2.2105 GBP 2.2114 GBP 2.2142 GBP 2.2200 GBP 2.2202 GBP 2.2210 GBP 2.2212 GBP 2.2243 GBP 2.2244 GBP 2.2265 GBP 2.2269 GBP 2.2334 GBP 2.2345 GBP 2.2346 GBP 2.2369 GBP 2.2550 GBP |
(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
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Date of disclosure: | 26 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.