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RNS Number : 2464N JPMorgan Securities Plc 03 May 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 Smith (DS) 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 Smith (DS) plc
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 30 April 2024
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader Yes, International Paper Company
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
10p ordinary Purchase 4,336,480 3.5380 GBP 3.5040 GBP
Sale 5,083,600 3.5380 GBP 3.5040 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
10p ordinary Equity Swap Decrease Long 108,119 3.5040 GBP
1,520 3.5042 GBP
1,988 3.5047 GBP
623 3.5131 GBP
15,206 3.5380 GBP
Decrease Short 211,736 3.5040 GBP
63,127 3.5132 GBP
331 3.5138 GBP
11,647 3.5141 GBP
9,311 3.5158 GBP
63,127 3.5165 GBP
16,206 3.5176 GBP
1,400 3.5190 GBP
25,913 3.5197 GBP
10,903 3.5213 GBP
11,750 3.5217 GBP
19,410 3.5223 GBP
22,596 3.5230 GBP
4,372 3.5272 GBP
1,489 3.5290 GBP
2,567 3.5330 GBP
191,884 4.4010 GBP
Increase Long 14,936 3.5040 GBP
33,070 3.5074 GBP
Increase Short 103,904 3.5042 GBP
13,037 3.5044 GBP
957 3.5081 GBP
4,748 3.5109 GBP
302 3.5120 GBP
32,537 3.5127 GBP
5,650 3.5138 GBP
13,096 3.5143 GBP
1,069 3.5151 GBP
92,980 3.5173 GBP
623 3.5180 GBP
5,000 4.4068 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: 3 May 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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