REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc FirstGroup PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - FirstGroup plc
17/08/2022 10:30
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RNS Number : 3261W JPMorgan Securities Plc 17 August 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: 16 August 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 1,541,966 1.2980 GBP 1.0920 GBP
Sale 1,418,212 1.3000 GBP 1.0960 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 1,750 1.2578 GBP
Decrease Short 41,324 1.1299 GBP
41,475 1.1343 GBP
12,489 1.1419 GBP
180,833 1.1420 GBP
23,535 1.1467 GBP
11,144 1.1504 GBP
9,111 1.1508 GBP
3,859 1.1538 GBP
7,247 1.1542 GBP
18,940 1.1565 GBP
6,047 1.1566 GBP
1,133 1.1577 GBP
4,935 1.1595 GBP
46,443 1.1806 GBP
12,000 1.1980 GBP
7,000 1.2000 GBP
655 1.2599 GBP
Increase Long 128 1.1261 GBP
276 1.1420 GBP
Increase Short 4,645 1.1266 GBP
1,385 1.1400 GBP
218,200 1.1420 GBP
696 1.1430 GBP
13,846 1.1471 GBP
36,278 1.1946 GBP
26,997 1.2104 GBP
20,490 1.2158 GBP
50 1.2232 GBP
9,751 1.2407 GBP
1,117 1.2515 GBP
2,055 1.2693 GBP
513 1.2770 GBP
15,839 1.2830 GBP
733 1.2895 GBP
Opening a Long Position 10,500 1.1121 GBP
Opening a Short Position
10,500 1.2494 GBP
200,000 1.2701 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: 17 August 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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