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RNS Number : 9346O JPMorgan Securities Plc 17 May 2024
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 International Distributions Services 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 to EP Corporate Group a.s
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 16 May 2024
(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
1p ordinary Purchase 1,186,529 3.2260 GBP 3.1660 GBP
Sale 1,619,590 3.2260 GBP 3.1649 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
1p ordinary Equity Swap Decrease Long 292 3.2001 GBP
39,816 3.2020 GBP
63,248 3.2041 GBP
2 3.2061 GBP
16,190 3.2067 GBP
16,677 3.2069 GBP
5,886 3.2100 GBP
3,227 3.2108 GBP
42,873 3.2110 GBP
48,659 3.2178 GBP
57,775 3.2200 GBP
34 3.2202 GBP
24,820 3.2205 GBP
6,410 3.2206 GBP
Decrease Short 49,059 3.1842 GBP
3,570 3.1847 GBP
22,566 3.1865 GBP
4,100 3.1955 GBP
27,701 3.2002 GBP
25,326 3.2022 GBP
6,169 3.2032 GBP
17,054 3.2035 GBP
2 3.2037 GBP
72,261 3.2047 GBP
22,524 3.2069 GBP
4,063 3.2084 GBP
448,053 3.2090 GBP
31,279 3.2106 GBP
2,808 3.2109 GBP
231,638 3.2116 GBP
3,177 3.2119 GBP
6,968 3.2126 GBP
15,387 3.2145 GBP
4,018 3.2165 GBP
4,051 3.2200 GBP
Increase Long 15 3.2009 GBP
192 3.2017 GBP
83 3.2019 GBP
154,941 3.2023 GBP
12,289 3.2027 GBP
16 3.2038 GBP
2,272 3.2040 GBP
615 3.2051 GBP
1,673 3.2061 GBP
2,493 3.2090 GBP
8,670 3.2100 GBP
59,980 3.2198 GBP
1,324 3.2199 GBP
2,598 3.2200 GBP
Increase Short 21,108 3.1758 GBP
1,438 3.1923 GBP
90 3.1973 GBP
209,026 3.1990 GBP
132 3.2003 GBP
39,341 3.2039 GBP
59,000 3.2061 GBP
84,266 3.2068 GBP
23,000 3.2074 GBP
10,000 3.2116 GBP
2,739 3.2163 GBP
65,461 3.2176 GBP
2,359 3.2203 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 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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