JPMorgan Securities Plc Independent News & Media plc 38.5a (6871F)

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RNS Number : 6871F

JPMorgan Securities Plc

16 July 2019

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FORM 38.5(a)

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5(a) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS AND DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

   1.       KEY INFORMATION 
 
Name of exempt principal    J.P. Morgan Securities plc 
 trader 
Company dealt in            Independent News & Media plc 
                            ============================ 
Class of relevant security  Ordinary Shares 
 to which the dealings 
 being disclosed relate 
 (Note 1) 
                            ============================ 
Date of dealing             11 July 2019 
                            ============================ 
 
   2.        DEALINGS (Note 2) 
   (a)      Purchases and sales 
 
 Total number                 Highest price paid     Lowest price paid 
  of relevant                  (Note 3)               (Note 3) 
  securities acquired 
      5,500,000               0.1037 EUR               0.1037 EUR 
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 Total number           Highest price received     Lowest price received 
  of securities          (Note 3)                   (Note 3) 
  disposed 
       -                       -                           - 
                 =============================  ======================== 
 
   (b)      Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions) 
 
 Product name,    Nature of transaction    Number of relevant    Price per 
                                            securities           unit (EUR) 
  e.g. CFD         (Note 4)                 (Note 5)              (Note 3) 
 Equity Swaps             Short                5,500,000          0.1037 
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   (c)      Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities 
   (i)       Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
 Product      Writing,      Number of        Exercise   Type,            Expiry   Option money 
  name,        selling,      securities       price      e.g. American,   date     paid/received 
  e.g. call    purchasing,   to which                    European                  per unit (Note 
  option       varying       the option                  etc.                      3) 
               etc.          relates (Note 
                             5) 
 
 
   (ii)      Exercising 
 
Product name,             Number of securities      Exercise price per 
 e.g. call option                                    unit (Note 3) 
 
 

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   3.      OTHER INFORMATION 

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 
  Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding 
   between the person disclosing and any other person 
   relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities 
   under any option referred to on this form or relating 
   to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal 
   of any relevant securities to which any derivative 
   referred to on this form is referenced. If none, 
   this should be stated. 
 
 
Date of disclosure           16 July 2019 
Contact name                 Alwyn Basch 
                             ============================== 
Telephone number             020 7742 7402 
                             ============================== 
Name of offeree/offeror      Mediahuis NV 
 with which connected 
                             ============================== 
Nature of connection (Note   Financial Advisor to Mediahuis 
 6)                           NV 
                             ============================== 
 

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