Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Just Group plc Amend

Just

27/03/2026 16:43

RNS Number : 5117Y

JPMorgan Securities Plc

27 March 2026

 

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 relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
Just Group plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
Joint financial adviser and corporate broker to Just Group plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
24 March 2026
(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
Lowest price per unit paid/received
10p ordinary
Purchase
3,790,008
2.1900 GBP
2.1800 GBP
Sale
642,731
2.1900 GBP
2.1800 GBP

 

(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
10p ordinary
Equity Swap
Decrease Long
13,129
2.1854 GBP
17
2.1877 GBP
3,413
2.1900 GBP
21
2.1902 GBP
Decrease Short
428,645
2.1800 GBP
83
2.1841 GBP
34,522
2.1842 GBP
69
2.1843 GBP
7
2.1846 GBP
200
2.1873 GBP
22
2.1882 GBP
8,408
2.1883 GBP
30,000
2.1898 GBP
624
2.1899 GBP
77
2.1900 GBP
Increase Short
11,931
2.1850 GBP
100
2.1851 GBP
106,228
2.1900 GBP
12,003
2.1902 GBP

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security
Product descriptione.g. call option
Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
Number of securities to which option relates
Exercise price per unit
Type
e.g. American, European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit


 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit


 

(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)


 

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 March 2026
Contact name:
Hetvi Shah
Telephone number:
44 2034 936359

 

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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