REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Auction Technology - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Auction Technology Group amend
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RNS Number : 0304Q JPMorgan Securities Plc 22 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: 16 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 389,070 3.6500 GBP 3.1700 GBP
Sale 929,050 3.6400 GBP 3.2100 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 532 3.3209 GBP
575 3.4210 GBP
1,800 3.5063 GBP
124 3.5271 GBP
2,339 3.5297 GBP
15,465 3.5833 GBP
5,035 3.5858 GBP
900 3.5953 GBP
1,069 3.6093 GBP
4,549 3.6128 GBP
7,465 3.6193 GBP
2,634 3.6201 GBP
Decrease Short 16,491 3.5930 GBP
50,000 3.5997 GBP
2,008 3.5999 GBP
11,230 3.6000 GBP
28,879 3.6023 GBP
7,889 3.6038 GBP
100,000 3.6055 GBP
100,000 3.6076 GBP
25,000 3.6122 GBP
100,000 3.6123 GBP
6,815 3.6200 GBP
25,000 3.6227 GBP
25,000 3.6234 GBP
25,000 3.6248 GBP
8,549 3.6475 GBP
25,000 3.6497 GBP
Increase Long 2,177 3.3306 GBP
2,700 3.4044 GBP
278 3.4199 GBP
1,815 3.4419 GBP
53 3.5191 GBP
5,282 3.5192 GBP
4,100 3.5246 GBP
5,892 3.5276 GBP
239 3.6122 GBP
8,718 3.6166 GBP
261 3.6180 GBP
1,308 3.6195 GBP
554 3.6196 GBP
26 3.6197 GBP
238 3.6198 GBP
2,523 3.6239 GBP
1,600 3.6378 GBP
Increase Short 3,517 3.4848 GBP
5,303 3.6200 GBP
8,549 3.6475 GBP
Opening a long position 2 3.2100 GBP
1,285 3.4938 GBP
8,500 3.5522 GBP
366 3.6006 GBP
Opening a short position 237 3.6099 GBP
1,416 3.6200 GBP
3,844 3.6201 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: 22 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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