REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc FirstGroup PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-FirstGroup plc
27/05/2022 11:00
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RNS Number : 0954N JPMorgan Securities Plc 27 May 2022
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 FirstGroup plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to FirstGroup plc
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 26 May 2022
(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
5p ordinary Purchase 1,580,701 1.3260 GBP 1.1460 GBP
Sale 872,745 1.3630 GBP 1.1800 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
5p ordinary Equity Swap Decrease Long 298,729 1.2766 GBP
71,758 1.2910 GBP
50,718 1.2932 GBP
3,035 1.2980 GBP
Decrease Short 27,367 1.2832 GBP
1 1.2850 GBP
21,269 1.2854 GBP
3,877 1.2866 GBP
2,833 1.2881 GBP
11,873 1.2884 GBP
6,455 1.2921 GBP
245 1.2924 GBP
130,763 1.2980 GBP
Increase Long 249,965 1.2743 GBP
32,367 1.2774 GBP
6,735 1.2810 GBP
1,324 1.2959 GBP
Increase Short 10,144 1.2694 GBP
10,944 1.2695 GBP
21,472 1.2801 GBP
40,971 1.2841 GBP
111,740 1.2853 GBP
9,496 1.2857 GBP
7,000 1.2858 GBP
41,182 1.2877 GBP
239,232 1.2878 GBP
42,737 1.2888 GBP
10,555 1.2902 GBP
58,420 1.2906 GBP
3,598 1.2915 GBP
10,373 1.2938 GBP
1,576 1.2961 GBP
26,217 1.2974 GBP
33,537 1.2978 GBP
98,686 1.2980 GBP
232 1.2981 GBP
Opening a Long Position 43,763 1.2980 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: 27 May 2022
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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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