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RNS Number : 1958E

JPMorgan Securities Plc

16 October 2018

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:	15 October 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	3,303,539 2,199,127	10.5900 10.6500	10.4448 10.2500

(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	1,387 406 456 61,310 1,739 3,706 895 7,650 31,875 9,589 2,838 3,388 44,064 1,403 208 490 28,895 341 8,619 383 117 8,950 98,754 1,246 132 28,895 96,150 6,368 4,361 180,000 1,793 5,807 50,000 675 250,000 32,889 676 3,536 4,508 3,024 383 607 1,787 162 100,000 504 100,000	10.4490 10.4492 10.4497 10.4500 10.4738 10.4783 10.4824 10.4842 10.4847 10.4891 10.4913 10.4916 10.4950 10.5094 10.5150 10.5192 10.5211 10.5300 10.5349 10.5350 10.5400 10.5547 10.5626 10.5779 10.2501 10.4456 10.4500 10.4502 10.4505 10.4514 10.4720 10.4839 10.4887 10.4903 10.4964 10.4994 10.5003 10.5041 10.5227 10.5281 10.5354 10.5406 10.5419 10.5467 10.5485 10.5503 10.5585

(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:	16 October 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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