JPMorgan Securities Plc Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) -WS Atkins Plc (5552D)

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RNS Number : 5552D

JPMorgan Securities Plc

27 April 2017

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 
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 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant       WS Atkins Plc 
 securities this form relates: 
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt            Financial Adviser & Corporate Broker to WS Atkins Plc 
 principal trader is connected: 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                    26 April 2017 
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 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt     N/A 
 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" 
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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      Purchases/ sales       Total number of       Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit 
        security                                   securities              paid/received            paid/received 
                                                                               (GBP)                    (GBP) 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
    Ordinary Shares          Purchases               358,243                  21.1400                  20.9948 
 
                                Sales                344,240                   21.1049                  20.9900 
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   (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description      Nature of dealing         Number of reference      Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing a           securities               (GBP) 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
     Ordinary Shares           Equity Swaps                 Long                       175                 21.0496 
                                                                                      13,012                21.0550 
                                                                                       3,400                21.0589 
                                                                                        21                  21.0597 
                                                                                        884                 21.0631 
                                                                                        48                  21.0679 
                                                                                      10,927                21.0700 
 
                                                            Short                       653                 21.0488 
                                                                                       2,858                21.0542 
                                                                                      29,597                21.0550 
                                                                                        778                 21.0571 
                                                                                       4,117                21.0608 
                                                                                       1,356                21.0635 
                                                                                        229                 21.0647 
                                                                                        40                  21.0698 
                                                                                       1,915                21.0736 
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   (c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of        Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise         Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant      description    purchasing,     securities     price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security       e.g. call       selling,       to which      unit (GBP)     American,                   received per 
                    option      varying etc.      option                       European                       unit 
                                                 relates                         etc.                        (GBP) 
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   Ordinary 
    Shares 
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   (ii)        Exercise 
 
   Class of relevant      Product description   Exercising/ exercised    Number of securities     Exercise price per 
        security            e.g. call option           against                                           unit 
                                                                                                        (GBP) 
-----------------------  --------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------  ----------------------- 
    Ordinary Shares 
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   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) (GBP) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion 
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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" 
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 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" 
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 None 
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 Date of disclosure:    27 April 2017 
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 Contact name:          Tung Le 
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 Telephone number:      020 7742 7272 
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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 [e-mail]. 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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