Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Britvic plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

09 July 2024

 

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:	8 July 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	1,467,116 3,889,003	12.7000 GBP 12.7500 GBP	12.6394 GBP 12.6124 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 Short Increase Short Opening a Long Position Opening a Short Position	58,262 4,690 125,000 601,528 321 12,301 99,921 2,456 2,683 208,000 1,923 17,438 58 165,837 1,201,989 1,268 8,364 1,006 500 1,370 1,185 81 12,118 599 287 1,120 40 6,281 14,515 2,218 3,536 10,131 1,077 3,259 3,545 20,957 1,276 1,114 2,996 85 28,094 27,339 100 3,104 866 968 4,585 4,220 1,754	12.6124 GBP 12.6384 GBP 12.6412 GBP 12.6458 GBP 12.6475 GBP 12.6491 GBP 12.6518 GBP 12.6537 GBP 12.6549 GBP 12.6559 GBP 12.6590 GBP 12.6591 GBP 12.6599 GBP 12.6627 GBP 12.6750 GBP 12.6937 GBP 12.7117 GBP 12.7140 GBP 12.7487 GBP 12.6309 GBP 12.6493 GBP 12.6509 GBP 12.6587 GBP 12.6704 GBP 12.6719 GBP 12.6750 GBP 12.6356 GBP 12.6394 GBP 12.6494 GBP 12.6511 GBP 12.6550 GBP 12.6554 GBP 12.6568 GBP 12.6578 GBP 12.6579 GBP 12.6603 GBP 12.6608 GBP 12.6617 GBP 12.6673 GBP 12.6699 GBP 12.6400 GBP 12.6406 GBP 12.6501 GBP 12.6507 GBP 12.6535 GBP 12.6551 GBP 12.6592 GBP 12.6601 GBP 12.6747 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:	9 July 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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