REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Tesco PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Tesco Plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">TSCO.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 0850AJPMorgan Securities Plc21 March 2017FORM 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:
20 March 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
5,041,095
2,389,691
1.8900
1.8900
1.8680
1.8721
(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
2,310
4,758,058
8
4,102
12,767
151,616
9,000
1,700
68,029
10,575
1,067
38,578
4,272
2,267
186,451
808
82,619
3,531,695
82,619
6,816
67,408
144
68,660
22,461
162,056
569,770
2,671
17,510
1,700
23,052
34,085
29,334
339,839
1.8788 GBP
1.8791 GBP
1.8798 GBP
1.8806 GBP
1.8810 GBP
1.8816 GBP
1.8817 GBP
1.8819 GBP
1.8823 GBP
1.8824 GBP
1.8841 GBP
1.8844 GBP
1.8867 GBP
1.8870 GBP
1.8893 GBP
1.8899 GBP
2.3044 USD
1.8680 GBP
1.8735 GBP
1.8781 GBP
1.8783 GBP
1.8784 GBP
1.8788 GBP
1.8791 GBP
1.8794 GBP
1.8796 GBP
1.8801 GBP
1.8809 GBP
1.8826 GBP
1.8871 GBP
1.8875 GBP
1.8883 GBP
1.8900 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)
Ordinary Shares
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
Number of securities
Exercise price per unit
(GBP)
Ordinary Shares
(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:
21 March 2017
Contact name:
Tung Le
Telephone number:
020 7742 7272
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.
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