Last checked at 18 Dec 2017 18:00
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 243,872 TO 13,318,461
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 | Tesco PLC |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Booker Group Plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 13 December 2017 |
(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 Booker Group 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 (GBP)
| Lowest price per unit paid/received (GBP)
|
Ordinary Shares
| Purchases
Sales | 13,318,461
20,036,561 | 2.1000
2.1000 | 2.0595
2.0525 |
|
|
(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 Shares
| Equity Swaps
| Long
Short
| 90,761 22,500 28,492 89,529 14,241 6,140 3,133 1,133,044 4,604 978 1,259 22,310 8,791 76,821 2,612 678 471,871 174 15,747 34,927 16,664 50,425 35,878 110,844 11,813 19,928 61,650 1,528 2,228 5,668 46,361 832,990
1,302 27,730 7,448 3,096 12,776 9,230 151,308 67,315 86,262 4,591 21,069 638,311 444 5,596 5,291 77,539 434,097 1,961 10,157 236,700 15,199 2,164 5,034 40,887 800 3,000 | 2.0659 GBP 2.0828 GBP 2.0839 GBP 2.0840 GBP 2.0857 GBP 2.0865 GBP 2.0866 GBP 2.0869 GBP 2.0885 GBP 2.0886 GBP 2.0890 GBP 2.0891 GBP 2.0893 GBP 2.0894 GBP 2.0898 GBP 2.0907 GBP 2.0908 GBP 2.0920 GBP 2.0921 GBP 2.0925 GBP 2.0929 GBP 2.0938 GBP 2.0944 GBP 2.0948 GBP 2.0952 GBP 2.0953 GBP 2.0957 GBP 2.0959 GBP 2.0964 GBP 2.0978 GBP 2.0993 GBP 2.7906 USD
2.0676 GBP 2.0682 GBP 2.0696 GBP 2.0701 GBP 2.0725 GBP 2.0726 GBP 2.0750 GBP 2.0764 GBP 2.0779 GBP 2.0782 GBP 2.0790 GBP 2.0837 GBP 2.0841 GBP 2.0842 GBP 2.0850 GBP 2.0854 GBP 2.0875 GBP 2.0882 GBP 2.0886 GBP 2.0891 GBP 2.0942 GBP 2.0961 GBP 2.0963 GBP 2.0967 GBP 2.0968 GBP 2.0969 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 (GBP) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (GBP) |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
(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) (GBP) |
|
(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" |
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" |
None |
| Date of disclosure: | 18 December 2017 |
| Contact name: | Evangelos Galiatsatos |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 6148 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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.