Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Britvic plc Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc

28 June 2024

 

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	Britvic plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Corporate Broker to Britvic Plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	26 June 2024
(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
20p ordinary	Purchase Sale	556,051  345,300	11.9400 GBP 11.9400 GBP	11.5656 GBP 11.5700 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
20p ordinary	Equity Swap	Decrease Long Decrease Short Increase Short Opening a long position Opening a short position	68  7,852  656  1,335  900  1,928  2,891  68  18,360  30  35,915  1,499  2,907  34  548  422  651  84,101  1,500  3,325  47  146  3,136  664  1,068  529  40  653  373  1,089  17,604  363  3,404  126  357  7,916  82  17,152	11.8346 GBP 11.8424 GBP 11.7335 GBP 11.7842 GBP 11.7890 GBP 11.8470 GBP 11.8471 GBP 11.8557 GBP 11.8650 GBP 11.8799 GBP 11.8995 GBP 11.9000 GBP 11.8038 GBP 11.8302 GBP 11.8379 GBP 11.8449 GBP 11.8580 GBP 11.9098 GBP 11.9150 GBP 11.5998 GBP 11.5999 GBP 11.6297 GBP 11.6909 GBP 11.7431 GBP 11.7625 GBP 11.7778 GBP 11.7799 GBP 11.7902 GBP 11.8453 GBP 11.8647 GBP 11.8994 GBP 11.9099 GBP 11.5706 GBP 11.6394 GBP 11.6879 GBP 11.6956 GBP 11.7504 GBP 11.9000 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

(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)

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:	28 June 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 [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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