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 | GlobalData plc |
| (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Corporate Broker to GlobalData plc |
| (d) Date dealing undertaken: | 30 April 2025 |
| (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 |
| 0.01p ordinary | Purchase
Sale | 1,085,485
665,151 | 1.7850 GBP
1.8000 GBP | 1.3839 GBP
1.3786 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 |
| 0.01p ordinary | Equity Swap | Decrease Long
Decrease Short
Increase Long
Increase Short
Opening a Long Position
Opening a Short Position
| 30,000 73,997 50 153 110,000 100,000 50,544 158,444 27,249 10,205 45,681 35,140 38,095 4,199 2,541
34,239 1,562 1,246 1,647 829 14,363 84,064
146 187,888 49,883
3,597 1,803 13,800 2,371 5,221 1,024 98,601 24,213 205 95 119 1,096 35,140 302
3,278 3,000 9,680 6,000 77,740 20,000 1,168
9,680 4,446 20,000 6,000 3,000 | 1.4884 GBP 1.6605 GBP 1.6652 GBP 1.6702 GBP 1.6897 GBP 1.6943 GBP 1.6984 GBP 1.7014 GBP 1.7053 GBP 1.7074 GBP 1.7079 GBP 1.7129 GBP 1.7219 GBP 1.7509 GBP 1.7751 GBP
1.3786 GBP 1.4078 GBP 1.4774 GBP 1.6750 GBP 1.7032 GBP 1.7592 GBP 1.7750 GBP
1.6150 GBP 1.6766 GBP 1.7602 GBP
1.4150 GBP 1.4222 GBP 1.5423 GBP 1.5837 GBP 1.5878 GBP 1.5949 GBP 1.6017 GBP 1.6784 GBP 1.6950 GBP 1.7050 GBP 1.7150 GBP 1.7252 GBP 1.7360 GBP 1.7750 GBP
1.5321 GBP 1.6903 GBP 1.6937 GBP 1.7255 GBP 1.7271 GBP 1.7287 GBP 1.7750 GBP
1.4206 GBP 1.4890 GBP 1.5053 GBP 1.5078 GBP 1.5353 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 |
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(ii) Exercise
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
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(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) |
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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
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(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
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Date of disclosure: | 1 May 2025 |
Contact name: | Hetvi Shah |
Telephone number: | 44 2034 936359 |
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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