REG-Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Booker Group plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">BOK.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">INVP.L</Origin>

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13/09/2017 08:50

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FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                                                                                  Investec Bank plc                        
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree  Booker Group plc                         
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:                                                   Investec are Broker to Booker Group plc  
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                                                          12 (th)September 2017                    
 (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, in respect of any other party to this offer?                         Yes                                      

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)        Purchases and sales

 Class of relevant security  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received (pence)  Lowest price per unit paid/received (pence)  
       Ordinary Shares           Purchases              1,500,559                              203.6                                       202.246                    
       Ordinary Shares             Sales                1,500,559                              204.6                                         202                      

(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 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  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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  Type e.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

(ii)        Exercising

 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  
                                                                                                                  

(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)  
                                                                                                                       

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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.

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

(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: 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:  13 (th)September 2017  
 Contact name:        Jacqueline Lovis       
 Telephone number:    0207 597 4815          
This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf of
Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for
the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Investec Bank plc via Globenewswire