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Major Shareholding Notification • Jul 11, 2018

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RNS Number : 3613U

JPMorgan Securities Plc

11 July 2018

AMENDMENT

INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 2,700 TO 370,414

INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 5,399 TO 279,650

ADDED EQUITY SWAP PURCHASES OF 5,399

ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 2,700

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	NEX Group plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Financial Advisor to CME Group Inc.
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	29 June 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, CME Group Inc.

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	370,414 279,650	10.3168 10.3100	10.2535 10.2416

(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	5,399 9,811 1,406 8,945 10,547 64,258 16,180 304 2,234 2,508 22,575 33,592 14 21,749 5,072 4,000 2,329 3,876 2,407 2,700 135,000 25,500	10.2416 10.2673 10.2706 10.2795 10.2799 10.2800 10.2803 10.2893 10.2957 10.2601 10.2669 10.2739 10.2800 10.2805 10.2808 10.2855 10.2874 10.2915 10.2916 10.2932 10.2983 10.3249

(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:	11 July 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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