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RNS Number : 8085H JPMorgan Securities Plc 21 March 2024
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: 20 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 146,756 40.6200 EUR 40.2800 EUR
Sale 107,907 40.6200 EUR 40.2700 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 1 40.3108 EUR
3 40.3400 EUR
621 40.3430 EUR
2,213 40.3707 EUR
4 40.3725 EUR
1,133 40.3764 EUR
64 40.4120 EUR
4,031 40.4146 EUR
342 40.4378 EUR
746 40.4556 EUR
1,285 40.4687 EUR
7,991 40.4795 EUR
724 40.4848 EUR
8,955 40.4934 EUR
2,243 40.4950 EUR
102 40.4991 EUR
399 40.4998 EUR
5,528 40.5059 EUR
47,220 40.5500 EUR
7,846 40.5520 EUR
1,160 40.5546 EUR
523 40.5710 EUR
235 40.6202 EUR
Decrease Short 84 40.3496 EUR
1,200 40.4469 EUR
65,236 40.4500 EUR
373 40.4941 EUR
Increase Long 800 34.4730 EUR
71 40.2946 EUR
1 40.3092 EUR
7 40.3729 EUR
66 40.4007 EUR
24 40.4167 EUR
373 40.4331 EUR
8 40.4337 EUR
592 40.4735 EUR
20 40.4840 EUR
399 40.4998 EUR
229 40.5022 EUR
46 40.5319 EUR
6,751 40.5486 EUR
371 40.5500 EUR
2,536 40.5510 EUR
383 40.5513 EUR
1,160 40.5546 EUR
819 40.5679 EUR
59 40.6200 EUR
Increase Short 381 40.3505 EUR
855 40.3506 EUR
717 40.3638 EUR
20,309 40.4751 EUR
215 40.5803 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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