JPMorgan Securities Plc Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Vedanta Resources plc (6611X)

TIDMVED

RNS Number : 6611X

JPMorgan Securities Plc

13 August 2018

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   Vedanta Resources 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        Corporate Broker to Vedanta Resources plc and Financial 
 principal trader is connected:                              Advisor to Volcan Investments Ltd 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                10 August 2018 
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 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the        N/A 
 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" 
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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               220,338                   8.4160                   8.3777 
 
                                Sales                167,602                   8.4092                   8.3796 
                         -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (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                      1,683                 8.3794 
                                                                                       7,233                8.3796 
                                                                                         3                  8.3800 
                                                                                       2,008                8.3851 
                                                                                        950                 8.3890 
                                                                                        383                 8.3904 
                                                                                      33,655                8.3930 
                                                                                        205                 8.3940 
                                                                                       3,029                8.3959 
 
                                                            Short                      7,045                8.3785 
                                                                                       9,524                8.3804 
                                                                                        981                 8.3883 
                                                                                       4,787                8.3884 
                                                                                       1,014                8.3886 
                                                                                      35,902                8.3913 
                                                                                        868                 8.3922 
                                                                                         2                  8.3946 
                                                                                        200                 8.3960 
                                                                                       8,183                8.3998 
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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 (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:    13 August 2018 
 Contact name:          Alwyn Basch 
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 Telephone number:      020 7742 7407 
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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 [phone].

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