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

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RNS Number : 9528P  JPMorgan Securities Plc  23 June 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:                                                    22 June 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          373,627                     1.3950 GBP                            1.3240 GBP

                             Sale              335,228                     1.3950 GBP                            1.3304 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 Short                                                                 23,898                          1.3304 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,300                           1.3525 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,319                           1.3540 GBP

                                                                                                                                 6,399                           1.3567 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,167                           1.3590 GBP

                                                                                                                                 42,802                          1.3627 GBP

                                                                                                                                 11,356                          1.3660 GBP

                                                                                                                                 27,606                          1.3671 GBP

                                                                                                                                 20,114                          1.3673 GBP

                                                                                                                                 12,660                          1.3679 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,362                           1.3680 GBP

                                                                                                                                 499                             1.3706 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4,706                           1.3753 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,370                           1.3798 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4,962                           1.3803 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,834                           1.3811 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,631                           1.3829 GBP

                                                                                                                                 42,376                          1.3950 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                 588                             1.3240 GBP

                                                                                                                                 718                             1.3326 GBP

                                                                                                                                 35,848                          1.3504 GBP

                                                                                                                                 505                             1.3573 GBP

                                                                                                                                 30,700                          1.3621 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,000                           1.3631 GBP

                                                                                                                                 18,955                          1.3692 GBP

                                                                                                                                 47,000                          1.3711 GBP

                                                                                                                                 9,982                           1.3910 GBP

                                                  Opening a Short Position                                                       8,938                           1.3455 GBP

                                                                                                                                 8,055                           1.3514 GBP

                                                                                                                                 84,082                          1.3661 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,000                           1.3663 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:  23 June 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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