RNS Number : 0145R

JPMorgan Securities Plc

25 February 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	Provident Financial plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to Provident Financial Plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	22 February 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"	Yes, Non-Standard Finance plc

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	892,103 357,242	5.9720 GBP 5.9573 GBP	5.1400 GBP 5.1400 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	101 1,100 20,131 12,453 1,095 247 9,429 65,172 10 212 30,636 7,262 8,140 2,617 836 9,462 674 2,727 383 52 253 91 19 29,182 6,918 7,755 2,494 44,455 10,538 11,812 3,798 23,658 7,201 1,801 1,817 615 12,651 2,999 3,361 1,080 4,760 484 110 1,100 2,185 4,980 124 335 138 17,127 14,327 1,555 1,061 4,669 1,107 1,240 398 13,721 4,018 2,879 1,172 85,284 42,892 7,290 5,635 1,336 1,496 481 1,994 49,205 11,666 13,075 4,205 24,377 2,352 1,191 77,847 204	5.3568 GBP 5.3778 GBP 5.4340 GBP 5.5924 GBP 5.6056 GBP 5.7643 GBP 5.8907 GBP 5.8940 GBP 5.9140 GBP 5.9572 GBP 5.2266 GBP 5.2270 GBP 5.2271 GBP 5.2272 GBP 5.3643 GBP 5.3656 GBP 5.4410 GBP 5.4841 GBP 5.5135 GBP 5.5333 GBP 5.5352 GBP 5.5357 GBP 5.5358 GBP 5.5521 GBP 5.5525 GBP 5.5526 GBP 5.5528 GBP 5.5912 GBP 5.5916 GBP 5.5917 GBP 5.5919 GBP 5.6223 GBP 5.6691 GBP 5.6695 GBP 5.6696 GBP 5.6697 GBP 5.6849 GBP 5.6853 GBP 5.6854 GBP 5.6856 GBP 5.6989 GBP 5.7028 GBP 5.7122 GBP 5.7532 GBP 5.7589 GBP 5.7817 GBP 5.7822 GBP 5.7896 GBP 5.8000 GBP 5.8166 GBP 5.8226 GBP 5.8338 GBP 5.8563 GBP 5.8602 GBP 5.8606 GBP 5.8607 GBP 5.8609 GBP 5.8679 GBP 5.8683 GBP 5.8684 GBP 5.8685 GBP 5.8842 GBP 5.8847 GBP 5.8849 GBP 5.8854 GBP 5.8858 GBP 5.8859 GBP 5.8860 GBP 5.8875 GBP 5.8895 GBP 5.8899 GBP 5.8900 GBP 5.8902 GBP 5.8940 GBP 5.8943 GBP 5.9057 GBP 5.9092 GBP 5.9400 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

(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"

(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"

Date of disclosure:	25 February 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.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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