Melrose Industries PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 27, 2018

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RNS Number : 1458J

JPMorgan Securities Plc

27 March 2018

AMENDMENT

INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 86,131 TO 5,522,068

ADDED EQUITY SWAP PURCHASES OF 799,315

ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 885,446

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	Melrose Industries plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Corporate Broker and Financial Advisor to GKN Plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	21 March 2018
(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"	GKN 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 (GBP)	Lowest price per unit paid/received (GBP)
Ordinary Shares	Purchases Sales	5,522,068 7,786,516	2.2350 2.2530	2.2180 2.2150

(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 (GBP)
Ordinary Shares	Equity Swaps	Long Short	67,012 20,773 29,965 128,740 1,993 144,613 24,994 68,103 4,109 2,167 1,436 36,175 9,447 20,890 129,604 4,071 28,881 77,081 1,049,315 569,050 54,441 11,437 3,518 50,000 210,446 5,092 13,646 3,515 6,367 1,410 31,022 51,594 1,294,004 348 569,050 36	2.2203 2.2219 2.2229 2.2231 2.2234 2.2239 2.2248 2.2249 2.2253 2.2266 2.2309 2.2315 2.2320 2.2325 2.2329 2.2339 2.2348 2.2349 2.2350 2.2410 2.2207 2.2208 2.2210 2.2214 2.2226 2.2246 2.2249 2.2253 2.2255 2.2262 2.2307 2.2331 2.2350 2.2352 2.2410 2.2530

(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 (GBP)	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP)

(ii)        Exercise

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

(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) (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:	27 March 2018
###### 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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