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RNS Number : 3458I JPMorgan Securities Plc 26 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: 25 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 339,529 41.6459 EUR 40.7500 EUR
Sale 212,105 41.6600 EUR 40.9965 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 22,796 0.0000 EUR
700 35.5868 EUR
2,177 35.6180 EUR
9 41.0005 EUR
3,810 41.4500 EUR
2,879 41.4521 EUR
8,443 41.4537 EUR
7,911 41.4749 EUR
374 41.4856 EUR
1,028 41.4906 EUR
12,195 41.5159 EUR
19,707 41.5218 EUR
586 41.5349 EUR
2,745 41.5398 EUR
12 41.5400 EUR
10,839 41.5643 EUR
2,316 41.5699 EUR
164 41.6023 EUR
456 41.6132 EUR
49 41.6227 EUR
5,442 41.6459 EUR
Decrease Short 880 41.4446 EUR
2,075 41.4486 EUR
2,128 41.4500 EUR
1,019 41.4559 EUR
154 41.5216 EUR
582 41.5446 EUR
Increase Long 22,796 0.0000 EUR
460 40.9980 EUR
4 41.1575 EUR
227 41.4483 EUR
1,514 41.4500 EUR
2,250 41.4522 EUR
1,099 41.4554 EUR
289 41.4652 EUR
431 41.4799 EUR
4,921 41.5163 EUR
216 41.5249 EUR
908 41.5360 EUR
376 41.5497 EUR
47 41.5786 EUR
Increase Short 25,135 40.7500 EUR
9,368 41.4518 EUR
2,685 41.4886 EUR
1,014 41.5047 EUR
1,095 41.5062 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: 26 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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