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RNS Number : 1656I JPMorgan Securities Plc 25 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: 22 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 129,362 40.8847 EUR 40.5745 EUR
Sale 172,351 40.8500 EUR 40.5482 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 272 40.6176 EUR
163 40.6420 EUR
1,172 40.6421 EUR
3,456 40.6932 EUR
3 40.7133 EUR
446 40.7306 EUR
5,537 40.7393 EUR
1 40.7427 EUR
1,234 40.7452 EUR
7,230 40.7500 EUR
2,526 40.7519 EUR
2,266 40.7520 EUR
235 40.7525 EUR
685 40.7568 EUR
375 40.7699 EUR
919 40.8033 EUR
108 40.8160 EUR
131 40.8218 EUR
85 40.8616 EUR
274 40.8847 EUR
Decrease Short 1,290 40.7106 EUR
1,585 40.7489 EUR
853 40.7750 EUR
42,340 40.7900 EUR
248 40.8044 EUR
287 40.8200 EUR
168 40.8496 EUR
Increase Long 800 34.9048 EUR
67 40.7127 EUR
136 40.7422 EUR
6,000 40.7490 EUR
11,426 40.7500 EUR
2,549 40.7510 EUR
79 40.7577 EUR
1,218 40.7594 EUR
23 40.7598 EUR
165 40.7600 EUR
460 40.7764 EUR
490 40.8051 EUR
Increase Short 293 40.6827 EUR
159 40.7441 EUR
731 40.7500 EUR
853 40.7559 EUR
47 40.8784 EUR
105 40.8795 EUR
Opening a Long Position 423 40.7641 EUR
Opening a Short Position 143 40.5522 EUR
120 40.6496 EUR
146 40.6860 EUR
25 40.6869 EUR
393 40.6933 EUR
106 40.7713 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: 25 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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