10th Apr 2017 18:16
AMENDMENT
REDUCED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 56,682 TO 1,944,871
INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 30,829 TO 1,142,917
ADDED EQUITY SWAP PURCHASES OF 92,486
ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 4,975
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 | Standard Life Plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Financial Adviser & Corporate Broker to Aberdeen Asset Management Plc and Corporate Broker to Standard Life Plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 20 March 2017 |
(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" | Yes Aberdeen Asset Management Plc |
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 (GBP) | Lowest price per unit paid/received (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares
| Purchases
Sales | 1,944,871
1,142,917 | 3.6420
3.6430 | 3.5926
3.5918 |
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(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 (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares | Equity Swaps
| Long
Short
| 61,657 388 1,041 510 1,068 27,366 104,793 24 52,950 211,035 30,829 2,535 880 4,400 1,980 1,400 129,194 764 69,260 1,193 20,093
108,071 4,108 20,093 5,792 877,397 6,020 398 14 1,105 92,536 3,683 57,307 25,804 1,991 12,220 652 27,392 3,502 16 7,304 1,437 2,616 1,143 12,326 32,908 4,915 492 92 1,968 50,106 131,337 4,989 29,333 2,831 120,800 2,059 36 66 191 100 66,667 | 3.5922 3.5936 3.5939 3.5953 3.5964 3.5965 3.5975 3.5976 3.6097 3.6112 3.6171 3.6299 3.6319 3.6321 3.6329 3.6338 3.6340 3.6367 3.6370 3.6377 4.4255
3.5975 3.5979 3.5980 3.5983 3.6010 3.6040 3.6050 3.6051 3.6061 3.6089 3.6125 3.6206 3.6226 3.6252 3.6278 3.6285 3.6287 3.6307 3.6311 3.6318 3.6322 3.6327 3.6334 3.6335 3.6336 3.6338 3.6339 3.6353 3.6355 3.6359 3.6360 3.6361 3.6362 3.6363 3.6365 3.6367 3.6370 3.6371 3.6373 3.6381 3.6392 |
(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 (GBP) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares |
(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) (GBP) |
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(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
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(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
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| Date of disclosure: | 10 April 2017 |
| Contact name: | Tung Le |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 7272 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [email protected]. 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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