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RNS Number : 8333H JPMorgan Securities Plc 21 March 2024
AMENDMENT
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 Ageas SA/NV
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Financial Adviser to Direct Line Insurance Group plc
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 18 March 2024
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader Yes, Direct Line Insurance Group plc
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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 Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary Purchase 371,172 40.1420 EUR 39.6600 EUR
Sale 379,247 40.1400 EUR 39.6600 EUR
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
Ordinary Equity Swap Decrease Long 207 39.6620 EUR
1,796 39.7876 EUR
563 39.8343 EUR
4,933 39.8668 EUR
6,661 39.8847 EUR
1,745 39.8878 EUR
783 39.8932 EUR
2,576 39.9030 EUR
318 39.9126 EUR
1,273 39.9385 EUR
1,902 39.9405 EUR
136 39.9445 EUR
6,239 39.9974 EUR
430 40.0750 EUR
1,054 40.0767 EUR
9,519 40.1113 EUR
24 40.1400 EUR
233 40.1406 EUR
11,026 40.1420 EUR
Decrease Short 12 39.7887 EUR
29,963 39.9000 EUR
1,980 39.9768 EUR
92 40.0402 EUR
1,670 40.1322 EUR
1,539 40.1340 EUR
7,477 40.1396 EUR
Increase Long 800 34.0596 EUR
12 39.8367 EUR
28 39.8393 EUR
25 39.8680 EUR
1,185 39.9052 EUR
74 39.9474 EUR
244 39.9494 EUR
46 39.9674 EUR
1,242 39.9725 EUR
68 39.9952 EUR
876 40.0521 EUR
3,645 40.0597 EUR
430 40.0750 EUR
240 40.0814 EUR
1,649 40.1194 EUR
7,244 40.1248 EUR
6,610 40.1255 EUR
2,201 40.1341 EUR
1,726 40.1360 EUR
1,701 40.1400 EUR
Increase Short 192 39.7004 EUR
61 39.8355 EUR
335 39.8464 EUR
1,527 39.9290 EUR
(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 Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
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
(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: 21 March 2024
Contact name: Natasha Mondon
Telephone number: 01202 325175
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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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