Melrose Industries PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Feb 14, 2018

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RNS Number : 9043E

JPMorgan Securities Plc

14 February 2018

AMENDMENT

INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 243,197 TO 4,750,336

ADDED EQUITY SWAP PURCHASES OF 1,452,177

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:	18 January 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"	Yes, 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	2,583,089  4,750,336	2.3571 2.3570	2.3350 2.3240

(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 Shares	Equity Swaps	Long Short	775,000  235,728  1,906  1,228  5,488  2,736  2,338  198,252  1,977  7,862  8,618  2,046  1,211  8,230  39,755  151,796  532  16,000  79  1,287  1,064  267  14,642  324,706  243,197  3,818  77,883  10,741  190  21  39,019  1,384  58  155  745  89,790  26,434  28  85,594  8  9,466  7  34,368  48,205  15,761  34,367  365  47,414  4,100  1,263  31,358  170,909  105,885  3,545	2.3347 GBP 2.3364 GBP 2.3369 GBP 2.3375 GBP 2.3389 GBP 2.3394 GBP 2.3400 GBP 2.3402 GBP 2.3406 GBP 2.3411 GBP 2.3412 GBP 2.3417 GBP 2.3420 GBP 2.3421 GBP 2.3422 GBP 2.3432 GBP 2.3445 GBP 2.3446 GBP 2.3450 GBP 2.3459 GBP 2.3513 GBP 2.3568 GBP 2.3569 GBP 2.3570 GBP 3.2415 USD 2.3349 GBP 2.3373 GBP 2.3380 GBP 2.3381 GBP 2.3382 GBP 2.3387 GBP 2.3391 GBP 2.3394 GBP 2.3400 GBP 2.3401 GBP 2.3403 GBP 2.3404 GBP 2.3407 GBP 2.3408 GBP 2.3413 GBP 2.3414 GBP 2.3415 GBP 2.3416 GBP 2.3421 GBP 2.3422 GBP 2.3429 GBP 2.3430 GBP 2.3455 GBP 2.3463 GBP 2.3482 GBP 2.3525 GBP 2.3545 GBP 2.3570 GBP 2.3571 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 (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:	14 February 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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