REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc FirstGroup PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- FirstGroup plc AMENDMENT

FirstgroupAnnouncement

19/04/2018 15:10

RNS Number : 5124L
JPMorgan Securities Plc
19 April 2018
 

AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 682,542 TO 6,990,820
ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 682,542
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


FirstGroup plc




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


Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to FirstGroup plc




(d) Date dealing undertaken:


12 April 2018




(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 (GBP)


Lowest price per unit paid/received
(GBP)




Ordinary Shares


Purchases
 
Sales


6,990,820
 
4,896,201


1.1152
 
1.1025


1.0725
 
1.0500




 
(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 (GBP)
 




Ordinary Shares


Equity Swap


Long
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short


10,547
572
4,146
16,664
175,359
14,021
9,344
13,210
25,988
280,286
19,219
1,456
6,110
15,841
144,813
12,132
14,154
92,499
26,100
751
273
2,139
79,004
3,125
1,989
 
1,400
892
116,027
111,827
5,424
53,694
358,296
62,083
9,113
140,989
33,268
858
290,635
112,295
220,382
34,457
57,115
10,502
57,598
113,038
434,019
88,834
204,106
23,407
95,999
188,394


1.0491
1.0500
1.0672
1.0705
1.0797
1.0805
1.0816
1.0842
1.0852
1.0879
1.0984
1.1000
1.1003
1.1007
1.1010
1.1015
1.1025
1.1073
1.1075
1.1090
1.1100
1.1120
1.1142
1.1147
1.1160
 
1.0480
1.0520
1.0725
1.0735
1.0865
1.0903
1.0926
1.0963
1.0972
1.1000
1.1010
1.1011
1.1029
1.1030
1.1031
1.1048
1.1049
1.1050
1.1120
1.1121
1.1124
1.1125
1.1142
1.1143
1.1152
1.1153




 
(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 (GBP)


Type
e.g. American, European etc.


Expiry date


Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP)






































 
(ii)        Exercise
 




Class of relevant security


Product description
e.g. call option


Exercising/ exercised against


Number of securities


Exercise price per unit
(GBP)




















 
 




 
(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)
(GBP)








 
 












 
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:


19 April 2018




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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