REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Britvic plc - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Britvic plc Amend

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RNS Number : 9378P  JPMorgan Securities Plc  12 December 2024

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  Britvic 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 Britvic Plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    6 December 2024
 (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

 20p ordinary                Purchase           105,866                    12.8900 GBP                           12.8600 GBP

                             Sale               166,608                    12.8900 GBP                           12.8596 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
 20p ordinary                Equity Swap          Decrease Long                                                                  292                             12.8815 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  26,353                         12.8590 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,616                          12.8600 GBP

                                                                                                                                  37,738                         12.8614 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,544                          12.8638 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,954                          12.8643 GBP

                                                                                                                                  489                            12.8658 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,708                          12.8672 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,300                          12.8693 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,789                          12.8700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,895                          12.8709 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,272                          12.8750 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,274                          12.8780 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,692                          12.8790 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,697                          12.8796 GBP

                                                                                                                                  384                            12.8799 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,307                          12.8800 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,265                          12.8807 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,473                          12.8862 GBP

                                                                                                                                  625                            12.8900 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  27,174                         12.8600 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,320                          12.8641 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,129                          12.8657 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,280                          12.8713 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,279                          12.8719 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,977                          12.8800 GBP

                                                  Opening a long position                                                         7,959                          12.8600 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,047                          12.8649 GBP

                                                                                                                                  18,284                         12.8674 GBP

                                                                                                                                  850                            12.8696 GBP

                                                                                                                                  334                            12.8746 GBP

                                                                                                                                  98                             12.8799 GBP

                                                                                                                                  633                            12.8800 GBP

                                                  Opening a short position                                                        16,674                         12.8600 GBP

                                                                                                                                  324                            12.8604 GBP

                                                                                                                                  7,669                          12.8801 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,538                          12.8807 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:  12 December 2024
 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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