Vanquis Banking Group (formerly: Provident Financial Plc)

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 8, 2019

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RNS Number : 3216S

JPMorgan Securities Plc

08 March 2019

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	Provident Financial plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to Provident Financial PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	7 March 2019
(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, Non-Standard Finance 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	Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary Share	Purchase Sale	122,225 132,235	5.9300 GBP 5.8932 GBP	5.7427 GBP 5.7420 GBP

(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 Share	Equity Swap	Long Short	472 9,858 41,819 821 1,493 489 1,571 869 17,868 4,900 2,496 2,329 811 21,502 2,875 1,538 3,070 158 70 100 58 1,142 1,709 173	5.7480 GBP 5.7517 GBP 5.7520 GBP 5.7758 GBP 5.7776 GBP 5.8210 GBP 5.8464 GBP 5.7522 GBP 5.7653 GBP 5.7671 GBP 5.7988 GBP 5.8034 GBP 5.8062 GBP 5.8146 GBP 5.8149 GBP 5.8187 GBP 5.8472 GBP 5.8512 GBP 5.8700 GBP 5.8702 GBP 5.8784 GBP 5.8872 GBP 5.9023 GBP 5.9086 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	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

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

(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)

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"

(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"

###### Date of disclosure:	8 March 2019
###### 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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