REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Auction Technology - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Auction Technology Group Amend
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RNS Number : 0544O JPMorgan Securities Plc 07 January 2026
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 Auction Technology Group plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Corporate Broker to Auction Technology Group plc
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 05 January 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader N/A
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
0.01p ordinary Purchase 596,813 3.3900 GBP 3.1350 GBP
Sale 417,835 3.3750 GBP 3.1300 GBP
(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
0.01p ordinary Equity Swap Decrease Long 10 3.2053 GBP
133 3.2251 GBP
7 3.2353 GBP
800 3.2363 GBP
90 3.2465 GBP
443 3.2478 GBP
20,473 3.2873 GBP
5,597 3.2968 GBP
23,232 3.3037 GBP
770 3.3501 GBP
39 3.3537 GBP
3,107 3.3562 GBP
5,785 3.3571 GBP
Decrease Short 100 3.2200 GBP
916 3.2356 GBP
2,393 3.2669 GBP
19,103 3.2800 GBP
2,512 3.2850 GBP
7,062 3.3052 GBP
2,582 3.3485 GBP
7,721 3.3500 GBP
2,295 3.3547 GBP
Increase Long 481 3.2670 GBP
82,934 3.2836 GBP
249 3.2841 GBP
3,000 3.2908 GBP
597 3.3235 GBP
5,200 3.3387 GBP
10,885 3.3514 GBP
744 3.3543 GBP
6,596 3.3566 GBP
4,452 3.3598 GBP
Increase Short 3,183 3.2375 GBP
52,650 3.2971 GBP
100 3.3500 GBP
Opening a long position 1,001 3.2500 GBP
433 3.2651 GBP
876 3.3758 GBP
Opening a short position 50,000 3.1502 GBP
100,000 3.2002 GBP
50,000 3.3002 GBP
45 3.3152 GBP
50,000 3.3167 GBP
1,829 3.3500 GBP
129,888 3.3503 GBP
481 3.3674 GBP
(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: 07 January 2026
Contact name: Hetvi Shah
Telephone number: 44 2034 936359
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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