JPMorgan Securities Plc Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- NEX Group plc AMENDMENT (5567V)

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RNS Number : 5567V

JPMorgan Securities Plc

24 July 2018

AMENDMENT

INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 200,000 TO 470,119

ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 200,000

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:                                                      17 July 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               470,119                  10.3900                  10.3050 
 
                                Sales                292,552                   10.3900                  10.3100 
                         -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (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                       601                 10.3092 
                                                                                       3,746                10.3226 
                                                                                       2,738                10.3399 
                                                                                       2,289                10.3417 
                                                                                      100,000               10.3556 
                                                                                       5,861                10.3567 
                                                                                      15,864                10.3569 
                                                                                        528                 10.3664 
                                                                                      17,272                10.3675 
                                                                                        233                 10.3792 
                                                                                        185                 10.3795 
                                                                                         2                  10.3800 
 
                                                            Short                       932                 10.3105 
                                                                                      100,000               10.3117 
                                                                                       2,699                10.3135 
                                                                                       1,270                10.3207 
                                                                                        522                 10.3253 
                                                                                       1,411                10.3355 
                                                                                      11,605                10.3595 
                                                                                      43,111                10.3721 
                                                                                       5,518                10.3748 
                                                                                       4,802                10.3766 
                                                                                       1,960                10.3780 
                                                                                       1,424                10.3792 
                                                                                       2,136                10.3801 
                                                                                      56,889                10.3821 
                                                                                      50,000                10.3829 
                           --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (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:    24 July 2018 
 Contact name:          Alwyn Basch 
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 Telephone number:      020 7742 7407 
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