Vanquis Banking Group (formerly: Provident Financial Plc)

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 15, 2019

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RNS Number : 0325T

JPMorgan Securities Plc

15 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:	14 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	277,878 218,216	5.7580 GBP 5.7540 GBP	5.5820 GBP 5.5920 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	1,821 8,484 38,215 5,631 2,880 5,706 949 7,607 29,580 830 472 7,987 1,821 61,722 8,484 1,109 1,920 38,215 73 57 485 2,330 409 2,262 1,154 2,751 2,994 1,314 9,986 280 12,445 1,132 47 1,446 241 158 2,044 718 120 694 123 5,517 420 663 379 1,258 826 754	5.6080 GBP 5.6100 GBP 5.6140 GBP 5.6597 GBP 5.6846 GBP 5.6889 GBP 5.6921 GBP 5.7077 GBP 5.7080 GBP 5.7108 GBP 5.7116 GBP 5.5700 GBP 5.6080 GBP 5.6094 GBP 5.6100 GBP 5.6110 GBP 5.6121 GBP 5.6140 GBP 5.6161 GBP 5.6217 GBP 5.6440 GBP 5.6517 GBP 5.6571 GBP 5.6572 GBP 5.6609 GBP 5.6690 GBP 5.6692 GBP 5.6745 GBP 5.6797 GBP 5.6800 GBP 5.6833 GBP 5.6843 GBP 5.6856 GBP 5.6877 GBP 5.6933 GBP 5.6950 GBP 5.6964 GBP 5.6988 GBP 5.7001 GBP 5.7039 GBP 5.7046 GBP 5.7082 GBP 5.7088 GBP 5.7089 GBP 5.7093 GBP 5.7098 GBP 5.7141 GBP 5.7206 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:	15 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.

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