18th Aug 2021 17:44
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 relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Financial adviser to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC as manager of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Funds XI |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 6 August 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 |
10p ordinary | Purchase
Sale | 11,745,474
8,781,866 | 2.7904 GBP
2.7940 GBP | 2.6960 GBP
2.6940 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 |
10p ordinary | Equity Swap | Decrease Long
Decrease Short
Increase Long
Increase Short
Opening a long position
Opening a short position
| 5 520 245 26,248 16,320 9,558
8,571 22,500 3,904 27,146 8,771
17,000 1,057 9 4,571 19,675 19,800
6,493 27,248 3,396 22,500 63,539 15,260 21,079 8,118 203,177 26,349 15,224 30,034 918 1,774 1,866,942
9,139 80,279 72,431 11,696 11,588 11,016 40,585 4,103 337,466 380
4,980 366 36,500 4,841 1,723 46,241 19,362 6,166 4,382 2,865 7,318 584,290 99,346 | 2.7000 GBP 2.7005 GBP 2.7614 GBP 2.7827 GBP 2.7862 GBP 2.7894 GBP
2.7051 GBP 2.7586 GBP 2.7707 GBP 2.7781 GBP 2.7807 GBP
2.7040 GBP 2.7100 GBP 2.7675 GBP 2.7800 GBP 2.7818 GBP 2.7879 GBP
2.7575 GBP 2.7591 GBP 2.7609 GBP 2.7655 GBP 2.7762 GBP 2.7797 GBP 2.7814 GBP 2.7821 GBP 2.7827 GBP 2.7834 GBP 2.7842 GBP 2.7865 GBP 2.7871 GBP 2.7873 GBP 2.7897 GBP
2.7520 GBP 2.7599 GBP 2.7712 GBP 2.7755 GBP 2.7772 GBP 2.7784 GBP 2.7799 GBP 2.7805 GBP 2.7880 GBP 2.7940 GBP
2.6962 GBP 2.6996 GBP 2.7011 GBP 2.7101 GBP 2.7614 GBP 2.7674 GBP 2.7744 GBP 2.7808 GBP 2.7832 GBP 2.7856 GBP 2.7869 GBP 2.7872 GBP 2.7881 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 |
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(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) |
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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
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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: | 18 August 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.
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