Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Virgin Money UK plc Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc

20 March 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	Virgin Money UK plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Joint financial adviser and joint corporate broker to Virgin Money UK plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	13 March 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
CDI	Purchase Sale	265,390 -	4.0600 AUD -	4.0600 AUD -

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	5,218,847 1,258,692	2.1102 GBP 2.1100 GBP	2.0920 GBP 2.0918 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
CDI	Equity Swap	Opening a Long Position Opening a Short Position	146,585 146,585	4.0600 AUD 4.0600 AUD

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	47,918  18,982  2  19,694  67,557  3,850  100,000  100,000  1,469  4  35,551  289  2,074  33,564  734  5,560  3,856  1,702,153  10,209  15,584  1,528  284,201  3,683  418  16,551  25,016  1,666  1,465  24,835  1,351  280  138,577  48  5,367  33,242  19,518  42  79  2,685  149,835  20,619  15,131  1,753  635  5,917  1  75,477  334,206  6  432  1,523,063  1,629  3,147  1,891  192	2.0920 GBP 2.0921 GBP 2.0922 GBP 2.0975 GBP 2.1018 GBP 2.1020 GBP 2.1022 GBP 2.1023 GBP 2.1040 GBP 2.1041 GBP 2.1045 GBP 2.1046 GBP 2.1050 GBP 2.1054 GBP 2.1060 GBP 2.1063 GBP 2.1068 GBP 2.1071 GBP 2.1072 GBP 2.1073 GBP 2.1080 GBP 2.1091 GBP 2.0920 GBP 2.0995 GBP 2.0999 GBP 2.1033 GBP 2.1036 GBP 2.1038 GBP 2.1046 GBP 2.1057 GBP 2.1064 GBP 2.0918 GBP 2.0919 GBP 2.0928 GBP 2.0933 GBP 2.1009 GBP 2.1031 GBP 2.1032 GBP 2.1041 GBP 2.1046 GBP 2.1047 GBP 2.1049 GBP 2.1050 GBP 2.1051 GBP 2.1053 GBP 2.1055 GBP 2.1057 GBP 2.1070 GBP 2.1073 GBP 2.0992 GBP 2.1022 GBP 2.1040 GBP 2.1052 GBP 2.1070 GBP 2.1102 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:	20 March 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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