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RNS Number : 9843H JPMorgan Securities Plc 22 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: 21 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 199,853 41.0100 EUR 40.6611 EUR
Sale 261,598 40.9100 EUR 40.5500 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 165 40.6906 EUR
436 40.6928 EUR
160 40.7057 EUR
852 40.7331 EUR
3,542 40.7379 EUR
213 40.7420 EUR
3,930 40.7561 EUR
202 40.7817 EUR
16,501 40.7900 EUR
2,558 40.7920 EUR
940 40.7926 EUR
3,865 40.7930 EUR
2,211 40.7953 EUR
4,534 40.7989 EUR
299 40.8024 EUR
34 40.8025 EUR
1,111 40.8055 EUR
1,336 40.8066 EUR
431 40.8225 EUR
712 40.8292 EUR
321 40.8516 EUR
3 40.9833 EUR
Decrease Short 104,085 40.5500 EUR
1,350 40.7740 EUR
1,448 40.7803 EUR
188 40.7839 EUR
56 40.8296 EUR
1,035 40.8321 EUR
Increase Long 800 34.9231 EUR
102 40.7042 EUR
3 40.7067 EUR
6 40.7467 EUR
40 40.7605 EUR
432 40.7793 EUR
3,329 40.7818 EUR
2,113 40.7859 EUR
1,249 40.7870 EUR
10,571 40.7900 EUR
106 40.8078 EUR
Increase Short 467 40.7208 EUR
1,049 40.7214 EUR
460 40.7354 EUR
2,379 40.7414 EUR
260 40.7846 EUR
94 40.8304 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: 22 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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