JLG John Laing Group Plc

TIDMJLG TIDMBARC 
 
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

 
(a)  Name of exempt principal              BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD 
     trader: 
(b)  Name of offeror/offeree in            JOHN LAING GROUP PLC 
     relation to whose 
     relevant securities this form 
     relates: 
(c)  Name of the party to the offer        JOHN LAING GROUP PLC 
     with which exempt 
     principal trader is connected 
(d)  Date position held/dealing            22 September 2021 
     undertaken: 
(e)  In addition to the company in         NO 
     1(b) above, is the exempt 
     principal 
     trader making disclosures in 
     respect of any other party to 
     the offer? 
 

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 
Class of relevant security:                10p ordinary 
                                           Interests       Short Positions 
                                           Number   (%)    Number     (%) 
(1)   Relevant securities owned 
 and/or controlled:                        0        0.00%  0          0.00% 
 
(2)   Cash-settled derivatives: 
                                           0        0.00%  0          0.00% 
 
      Stock-settled derivatives 
(3)   (including options) 
 and agreements to purchase/sell:          0        0.00%  0          0.00% 
 
 
 TOTAL:                                    0        0.00%  0          0.00% 
 
 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

 
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: 
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: 
 

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) 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 3(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        Purchases/      Total number    Highest price   Lowest price 
relevant        sales           of securities   per unit        per unit 
security                                        paid/received   paid/received 
 
 

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

 
Class of        Product        Nature of dealing    Number of   Price per 
relevant        description                         reference   unit 
security                                            securities 
10p ordinary    CFD            Long                 1,451,619   4.0300 GBP 
10p ordinary    SWAP           Long                 2,259,128   4.0300 GBP 
 

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

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

(ii) Exercise

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

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

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

4. 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 
 

(c) Attachments

 
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open 
Positions) attached?                NO 
Date of disclosure:                 23 Sep 2021 
                                    Large Holdings Regulatory 
Contact name:                       Operations 
Telephone number:                   020 3134 7213 
 

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 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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