REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc RPC Group PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- RPC Group plc

Berry GlobalAnnouncement

29/03/2019 14:51

RNS Number : 4877U
JPMorgan Securities Plc
29 March 2019
 


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 relates:
     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree


RPC Group plc




(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:


Financial Advisor to Berry Global Group Inc.




(d) Date dealing undertaken:


28 March 2019




(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"


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 Share
 
 


Purchase
 
Sale


640,212
 
185,427


7.9240 GBP
 
7.9280 GBP


7.9000 GBP
 
7.8980 GBP



 
(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions
 



Class of relevant security


Product description
e.g. CFD


Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position


Number of reference securities


Price per unit




Ordinary Share


Equity Swap


Long
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


15,080
12,217
1,818
633
3,518
1,028
17,173
40,105
1,891
5,307
388
 
3,103
783
10,736
11,960
6,723
31,410
327,823
3,541
5,454
4,438


7.9031 GBP
7.9038 GBP
7.9045 GBP
7.9048 GBP
7.9050 GBP
7.9066 GBP
7.9073 GBP
7.9100 GBP
7.9115 GBP
7.9121 GBP
7.9156 GBP
 
7.9060 GBP
7.9085 GBP
7.9090 GBP
7.9104 GBP
7.9115 GBP
7.9140 GBP
7.9146 GBP
7.9159 GBP
7.9184 GBP
7.9185 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
e.g. American, European etc.


Expiry date


Option money paid/ received per unit





































 
(ii)        Exercise
 



Class of relevant security


Product description
e.g. call option


Exercising/ exercised against


Number of securities


Exercise price per unit




















 
 



 
(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
 



Class of relevant security


Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion


Details


Price per unit (if applicable)








 
 











 
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"




 
 
 



 
(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"




 
 



 
 



Date of disclosure:


29 March 2019




Contact name:


Alwyn Basch




Telephone number:


020 7742 7407



 
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.




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