REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Smith (DS) PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Smith (DS) plc Amend
16/05/2024 16:30
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RNS Number : 7922O JPMorgan Securities Plc 16 May 2024
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 Smith (DS) plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Corporate broker to Smith (DS) plc
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 14 May 2024
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader Yes, International Paper Company
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
10p ordinary Purchase 1,724,209 3.7308 GBP 3.6840 GBP
Sale 951,346 3.7260 GBP 3.6600 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
10p ordinary Equity Swap Decrease Long 10,198 3.7000 GBP
2,298 3.7007 GBP
Decrease Short 4,976 3.6981 GBP
6,026 3.6982 GBP
56 3.6991 GBP
16 3.6997 GBP
33,340 3.7000 GBP
2,040 3.7056 GBP
21,525 3.7060 GBP
14,290 3.7073 GBP
9,176 3.7076 GBP
2,665 3.7112 GBP
10,303 3.7123 GBP
45,029 3.7164 GBP
17,405 3.7180 GBP
150 3.7189 GBP
6,785 3.7196 GBP
11,413 3.7204 GBP
501 3.7220 GBP
566 3.7239 GBP
Increase Long 18,941 3.6945 GBP
29,967 3.7052 GBP
28,017 3.7081 GBP
15,452 3.7088 GBP
Increase Short 824 3.6860 GBP
2,856 3.6938 GBP
4,937 3.6941 GBP
569 3.6959 GBP
1,068 3.6980 GBP
57,147 3.7000 GBP
63,130 3.7002 GBP
11,806 3.7004 GBP
53 3.7009 GBP
1,192 3.7048 GBP
3,855 3.7063 GBP
2,362 3.7065 GBP
1,965 3.7080 GBP
581,319 3.7111 GBP
9,174 3.7124 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: 16 May 2024
Contact name: Natasha Mondon
Telephone number: 01202 325175
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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