REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Marston's Plc - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Marston’s plc

MarstonsAnnouncement

05/02/2021 11:00

RNS Number : 1671O
  
JPMorgan Securities Plc
  
05 February 2021
  
 

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


Marston's plc




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


JPM is acting as corporate broker to Marston's Plc




(d) Date dealing undertaken:


4 February 2021




(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




Ordinary Share


Purchase
 
Sale


1,377,133
 
1,175,767


0.9685 GBP
 
0.9760 GBP


0.9441 GBP
 
0.9386 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




Ordinary Share


Equity Swap


Decrease Long
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Decrease Short
 
 
 
 
 
Increase Long
 
Increase Short
 
 
 
Opening a Long Position
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Opening a Short Position
 
 
 
 
 


9,270
16,985
5,353
17,952
29,454
10,160
7,788
1,585
202
8,771
248,740
14,951
 
83,337
450
4,374
325,794
91,923
 
173,406
 
248,394
2,408
12,857
 
1,866
11,581
1,021
30,053
49,383
779
81,472
 
 
43,112
33,184
1,694
12,399
68,920
16,846


0.9528 GBP
0.9529 GBP
0.9535 GBP
0.9538 GBP
0.9550 GBP
0.9551 GBP
0.9555 GBP
0.9559 GBP
0.9560 GBP
0.9572 GBP
0.9588 GBP
0.9655 GBP
 
0.9501 GBP
0.9522 GBP
0.9652 GBP
0.9655 GBP
0.9760 GBP
 
0.9543 GBP
 
0.9541 GBP
0.9550 GBP
0.9566 GBP
 
0.9500 GBP
0.9512 GBP
0.9520 GBP
0.9535 GBP
0.9551 GBP
0.9583 GBP
0.9655 GBP
 
 
0.9505 GBP
0.9527 GBP
0.9530 GBP
0.9534 GBP
0.9655 GBP
0.9656 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
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:


5 February 2021




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.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
  END
 
 
FERUPURAPUPGGUA