JPMorgan Securities Plc Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- NEX Group plc AMENDMENT (2989S)

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RNS Number : 2989S

JPMorgan Securities Plc

22 June 2018

AMENDMENT

INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 50,000 TO 363,303

ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 50,000

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    NEX Group plc 
 relates: 
 Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is          Financial Advisor to CME Group Inc. 
 connected: 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                      13 June 2018 
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 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader      Yes, CME Group Inc. 
 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 (GBP)         paid/received 
                                                                                                        (GBP) 
 Ordinary Shares             Purchases               363,303                  10.3345                  10.2300 
 
                                Sales                198,197                   10.3300                  10.2683 
                         -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (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                       550                 10.2799 
                                                                                        12                  10.2947 
                                                                                      11,902                10.3021 
                                                                                       9,662                10.3023 
                                                                                       6,670                10.3039 
                                                                                       9,291                10.3041 
                                                                                      17,466                10.3085 
                                                                                      42,326                10.3088 
                                                                                       8,639                10.3195 
 
                                                            Short                      3,727                10.2943 
                                                                                        113                 10.3101 
                                                                                      23,159                10.3121 
                                                                                      50,000                10.3160 
                                                                                      31,384                10.3185 
                                                                                      23,508                10.3205 
                                                                                        16                  10.3208 
                                                                                      100,000               10.3211 
                                                                                       2,169                10.3225 
                                                                                       3,528                10.3261 
                                                                                        386                 10.3344 
                                                                                       4,575                10.3345 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (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 (GBP) 
                                                 relates                         etc. 
 
 
   (ii)        Exercise 
 
   Class of relevant      Product description   Exercising/ exercised    Number of securities     Exercise price per 
        security            e.g. call option           against                                           unit 
                                                                                                        (GBP) 
 
 
   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion                          (GBP) 
 
 
   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:    22 June 2018 
 Contact name:          Alwyn Basch 
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 Telephone number:      020 7742 7407 
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