Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Acacia Mining plc

Released : 17 Sep 2019 10:19:00

RNS Number : 5947M

JPMorgan Securities Plc

17 September 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:

16 September 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

2,415,397

2.3577 GBP

2.3000 GBP

Share

Sale

1,607,052

2.3580 GBP

2.3000 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

16,767

2.3146 GBP

Share

Swap

49,984

2.3307 GBP

171,821

2.3316 GBP

23,845

2.3391 GBP

103,806

2.3393 GBP

43,045

2.3395 GBP

61,238

2.3400 GBP

15,649

2.3407 GBP

817

2.3423 GBP

Short

80,700

2.3329 GBP

172,500

2.3333 GBP

186,341

2.3343 GBP

282,499

2.3401 GBP

38,085

2.3402 GBP

251,745

2.3405 GBP

85,000

2.3425 GBP

19,800

2.3433 GBP

6,824

2.3461 GBP

764

2.3531 GBP

997

2.3540 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative 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

Ordinary

Share

  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:

17 September 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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END

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