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

Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Acacia Mining plc

Released : 22 Jul 2019 10:36:00

RNS Number : 2773G

JPMorgan Securities Plc

22 July 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 Advisor and
	exempt principal trader is connected:	Corporate Broker to Acacia
		Mining plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	19 July 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	911,965	2.2420 GBP	2.1800 GBP
Share
	Sale	474,031	2.2420 GBP	2.1675 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	226	2.1675 GBP
Share	Swap		244	2.1818 GBP
			27,564	2.1870 GBP
			14,582	2.1900 GBP
			1,049	2.2120 GBP
			301,875	2.2124 GBP
			5,161	2.2125 GBP
			16,090	2.2145 GBP
			16,343	2.2153 GBP
			17,500	2.2180 GBP
			4,830	2.2252 GBP
			4,936	2.2258 GBP

	2,472	2.2259 GBP
	45,460	2.2260 GBP
	234	2.2379 GBP
Short	26,002	2.1870 GBP
	5,506	2.1890 GBP
	14,582	2.1900 GBP
	2,094	2.1980 GBP
	9,900	2.1983 GBP
	13,981	2.1989 GBP
	40,686	2.2036 GBP
	95,681	2.2037 GBP
	21,156	2.2038 GBP
	2,363	2.2082 GBP
	29,492	2.2088 GBP
	12,300	2.2091 GBP
	14,575	2.2106 GBP
	13,678	2.2143 GBP
	73	2.2144 GBP
	305,195	2.2146 GBP
	29,040	2.2160 GBP
	10,665	2.2168 GBP
	632	2.2170 GBP
	569	2.2182 GBP
	187,530	2.2205 GBP
	1,638	2.2208 GBP
	379	2.2220 GBP
	3,386	2.2262 GBP
	1,144	2.2272 GBP
	44	2.2315 GBP
	45,390	2.2331 GBP
	5,830	2.2332 GBP
	120	2.2333 GBP
	1,658	2.2401 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 paid/
security	e.g. call	selling,	securities	per unit	American,		received
	option	varying etc.	to which		European		per unit
			option		etc.
			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:	22 July 2019
Contact name:	Alwyn Basch
Telephone number:	020 7742 7407

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