Acacia Mining : Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Acacia Mining pl

Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Acacia Mining pl

Released : 19 Jun 2019 11:38:00

RNS Number : 7767C

JPMorgan Securities Plc

19 June 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	Acacia Mining plc
	relevant securities this form relates:
	Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which	Financial Adviser and
	exempt principal trader is connected:	Corporate Broker to Acacia
		Mining plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	18 June 2019
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the	Yes, Barrick Gold Corporation
	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"

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.

1. Purchases and sales

Class of	Purchases/	Total number	Highest price	Lowest price
relevant	sales	of securities	per unit	per unit
security			paid/received	paid/received
Ordinary	Purchase	306,795	1.7590 GBP	1.7202 GBP
Share
	Sale	141,964	1.7680 GBP	1.7120 GBP

1. Cash-settledderivative transactions

Class of	Product	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per unit
relevant	description	e.g. opening/closing a	reference
security	e.g. CFD	long/short position,	securities
		increasing/reducing a
		long/short position
Ordinary	Equity	Long	2,495	1.7299 GBP
Share	Swap		64,620	1.7300 GBP
			6,000	1.7403 GBP
			4,585	1.7407 GBP
			483	1.7430 GBP
			2,118	1.7458 GBP
			12,184	1.7459 GBP
			3,013	1.7473 GBP
			808	1.7479 GBP
			15,616	1.7480 GBP
			590	1.7510 GBP

Short	821	1.7202 GBP
	1,848	1.7222 GBP
	1,408	1.7262 GBP
	670	1.7271 GBP
	961	1.7275 GBP
	65,201	1.7300 GBP
	8,598	1.7344 GBP
	9,529	1.7368 GBP
	7,304	1.7380 GBP
	618	1.7410 GBP
	2,229	1.7411 GBP
	128	1.7412 GBP
	4,000	1.7418 GBP
	56,532	1.7421 GBP
	18,552	1.7434 GBP
	59,824	1.7443 GBP
	8,772	1.7453 GBP
	14,390	1.7461 GBP
	5,345	1.7468 GBP
	2,738	1.7471 GBP
	271	1.7492 GBP
	366	1.7498 GBP
	2,466	1.7499 GBP
	1,213	1.7501 GBP
	2,803	1.7513 GBP

1. Stock-settledderivative transactions (including options)

1. Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
relevant	description	purchasing,	of	price	e.g.	date	money
security	e.g. call	selling,	securities	per unit	American,		paid/
	option	varying etc.	to which		European		received
			option		etc.		per unit
			relates

1. Exercise

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

1. Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant	Nature of dealing	Details	Price per unit (if
security	e.g. subscription,		applicable)
	conversion

3. OTHER INFORMATION

1. 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

1. 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:

1. the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
2. 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:	19 June 2019
Contact name:	Alwyn Basch
Telephone number:	020 7742 7407

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