RNS Number : 7141G

JPMorgan Securities Plc

25 July 2019

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 relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Corporate Broker to Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	24 July 2019
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the 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"	N/A

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 security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary Share	Purchase Sale	489,361 499,041	8.3250 GBP 8.3193 GBP	7.6680 GBP 7.6680 GBP

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
Ordinary Share	Equity Swap	Long Short	18,330 1,684 1,382 559 2 657 6,978 25,000 1 224 2,563 173 1,377 3,520 21 2,105 6,402 1,389 12,595 1,424 390 1,756 292 41,591 96,766 3,169 2,029 2,078 36,095 2,174 2,460 11,820 2,370 12,623 9,078 77,500 529 480 7,383 8,413 513 1,379 8,803 173 262 225 9,784 3,520 961 3,452 1,207 1,340 4,972 43,816 137 137 18,840 413 5,691 800 218 7,198 476 4,051 5,600 1,563 225 314 32,553 1,458 13,323 141 739 632 70 61,920 7,185 92 4 2 2,000 10 56,087 62,637	7.6680 GBP 7.6995 GBP 7.7310 GBP 7.7320 GBP 7.7418 GBP 7.7485 GBP 7.7491 GBP 7.7538 GBP 7.7638 GBP 7.7658 GBP 7.7996 GBP 7.7999 GBP 7.8064 GBP 7.8110 GBP 7.8250 GBP 7.8336 GBP 7.8529 GBP 7.8544 GBP 7.8604 GBP 7.8717 GBP 7.8809 GBP 7.8879 GBP 7.8916 GBP 7.8940 GBP 7.9133 GBP 7.9189 GBP 7.9218 GBP 7.9248 GBP 7.9944 GBP 7.9963 GBP 8.0000 GBP 8.0027 GBP 8.0060 GBP 8.0159 GBP 8.0224 GBP 8.2434 GBP 8.2589 GBP 8.3192 GBP 7.6680 GBP 7.6681 GBP 7.6684 GBP 7.6686 GBP 7.6892 GBP 7.7401 GBP 7.7440 GBP 7.7684 GBP 7.7977 GBP 7.8110 GBP 7.8209 GBP 7.8286 GBP 7.8287 GBP 7.8388 GBP 7.8422 GBP 7.8492 GBP 7.8493 GBP 7.8494 GBP 7.8500 GBP 7.8502 GBP 7.8555 GBP 7.8582 GBP 7.8588 GBP 7.8678 GBP 7.8685 GBP 7.8689 GBP 7.8859 GBP 7.8869 GBP 7.8980 GBP 7.8987 GBP 7.9329 GBP 7.9589 GBP 7.9590 GBP 7.9602 GBP 7.9680 GBP 8.0008 GBP 8.0312 GBP 8.0516 GBP 8.0550 GBP 8.0741 GBP 8.0842 GBP 8.1142 GBP 8.1988 GBP 8.2003 GBP 8.2677 GBP 8.2692 GBP

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit
Ordinary Share

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion Details Price per unit (if applicable)

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:	25 July 2019
Contact name:	Alwyn Basch
Telephone number:	020 7742 7407

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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