24th Apr 2017 11:40
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 | WS Atkins Plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Financial Adviser & Corporate Broker to WS Atkins Plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 21 April 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" | N/A
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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)
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Ordinary Shares
| Purchases
Sales | 662,026
572,960 | 21.0800
21.1300 | 20.6000
20.6124 |
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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 | 4,674 35 1,610 99 4,906 3,071 161 133 201 12,843 5 727 1,158 34 2 130 30,949 3 78 1,283 86 304 104 493 14 162 131 115 69 2 17,555 1,100 155 13 899 14,183 1,536 2,729 73 349 16 506 287 15 35 737 1,295 91 2,030 742
8,000 5 199 4,674 1,610 199 3,034 14,183 234 25,031 104,220 55,308 42,781 3,459 8,550 916 883 | 20.6150 20.6195 20.6200 20.6227 20.6421 20.6430 20.6458 20.6691 20.6712 20.6715 20.6761 20.6767 20.6782 20.6813 20.6853 20.6915 20.6923 20.6935 20.6937 20.7097 20.7407 20.7452 20.7471 20.7528 20.7537 20.7568 20.7750 20.7804 20.7815 20.7829 20.7893 20.7916 20.7971 20.7979 20.7998 20.8050 20.8164 20.8165 20.8179 20.8600 20.8724 20.8784 20.8789 20.8974 20.9272 20.9458 20.9482 21.0044 21.0131 21.0184
20.6000 20.6006 20.6121 20.6150 20.6200 20.6203 20.7925 20.8050 20.8121 20.8150 20.8573 20.8676 20.9072 20.9186 21.0172 21.0200 21.0809 |
(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: | 24 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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