31st Jul 2017 07:00
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 605 TO 668,277
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 |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 25 July 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 | 668,277
306,350 | 4.3270
4.3260 | 4.2290
4.2290 |
|
|
(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 Shares | Equity Swaps
| Long
Short
| 2,351 13,229 24,026 41,724 28,700 2,232 1,973 4,224 13,458 36
36 1,810 756 8,583 2,672 12,191 9,039 7,104 33,051 1,779 4,233 744 1,455 3,025 744 134 306 1,488 21,627 17,561 53,465 64,643 4,424 4,863 22,400 3,235 366 971 155,635 302 991 177 | 4.2922 GBP 4.3053 GBP 4.3099 GBP 4.3100 GBP 4.3141 GBP 4.3149 GBP 4.3155 GBP 4.3157 GBP 4.3160 GBP 5.4782 USD
4.2140 GBP 4.2466 GBP 4.2615 GBP 4.2618 GBP 4.2912 GBP 4.2958 GBP 4.2974 GBP 4.2984 GBP 4.2985 GBP 4.2994 GBP 4.2999 GBP 4.3001 GBP 4.3003 GBP 4.3010 GBP 4.3021 GBP 4.3031 GBP 4.3032 GBP 4.3041 GBP 4.3093 GBP 4.3095 GBP 4.3098 GBP 4.3103 GBP 4.3118 GBP 4.3128 GBP 4.3142 GBP 4.3148 GBP 4.3149 GBP 4.3154 GBP 4.3156 GBP 4.3174 GBP 4.3249 GBP 4.3251 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 (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) |
|
(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
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| Date of disclosure: | 28 July 2017 |
| Contact name: | Evangelos Galiatsatos |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 6148 |
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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