19 Feb 2018 11:18
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
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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")
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1. KEY INFORMATION
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(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: | 16 February 2018 |
(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  |
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2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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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.
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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(a) Purchases and sales
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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 | 3,681,193  2,639,820 | 2.0590  2.0579 | 2.0290  2.0320 |
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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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 (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares | Equity Swaps                                  | Long                Short          | 21,646  81,398  188,901  189,569  4,376  156,445  117,240  11,906  499  15,837  4,078  5,041  8,581  2,723  784   1,985  1,583  1,998  10,323  2,958  26,066  4,510  173,559  16,240  276  403,800  22,333  155,030  20,464  8,692  61,134  18,560  80,840  587,009  189,009  1,910  16,015  329,639  4,425  3,470  13,310  16,155 | 2.0394 2.0415 2.0439 2.0454 2.0457 2.0458 2.0459 2.0460 2.0464 2.0472 2.0474 2.0475 2.0482 2.0559 2.0579  2.0321 2.0351 2.0396 2.0399 2.0421 2.0426 2.0427 2.0431 2.0433 2.0440 2.0441 2.0442 2.0446 2.0447 2.0449 2.0450 2.0451 2.0455 2.0460 2.0461 2.0462 2.0465 2.0469 2.0471 2.0477 2.0485 2.0509 |
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
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(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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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) |
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(ii) Exercise
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Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) (GBP) |
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
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(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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   |
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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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  |
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Date of disclosure: | 19 February 2018 |
Contact name: | Alwyn Basch |
Telephone number: | 020 7742 7407 |
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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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The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.