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: | 22 September 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 | 2,089,876
1,828,482 | 2.9344 GBP
2.9380 GBP | 2.9230 GBP
2.9231 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
| 3,269 47,913 8,250 107,065 5,761 3,000 24,438 344
4,902 708 28
567 5,307 14,019 5,547 1,613
46,559
19,046 8,264 2,102 70,690 17,510 4,047 6,683
22,213 28,100 61,500 2,729 26,306 2,214 84,510 1,220 3,249 4,217 5,692 2,952 | 2.9252 GBP 2.9287 GBP 2.9293 GBP 2.9299 GBP 2.9300 GBP 2.9302 GBP 2.9303 GBP 2.9340 GBP
2.9317 GBP 2.9231 GBP 2.9232 GBP
2.9270 GBP 2.9276 GBP 2.9279 GBP 2.9288 GBP 2.9300 GBP
2.9287 GBP
2.9259 GBP 2.9288 GBP 2.9294 GBP 2.9299 GBP 2.9300 GBP 2.9301 GBP 2.9304 GBP
2.9286 GBP 2.9288 GBP 2.9300 GBP 2.9301 GBP 2.9302 GBP 2.9304 GBP 2.9308 GBP 2.9310 GBP 2.9315 GBP 2.9317 GBP 2.9319 GBP 2.9323 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: | 24 September 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.
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