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RNS Number : 3140E
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
05 May 2017
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:
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
(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:
Tesco Plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:
4 May 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)
5p ordinary
Purchase
10,156,987
1.7842
1.7542
5p ordinary
Sale
7,103,584
1.7740
1.7493
(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
(GBP)
5p ordinary
TRS
Closing Short Position
420
1.7505
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Short Position
10,708
1.7651
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Long Position
1,718
1.7740
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Long Position
745
1.7785
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Long Position
27,926
1.7495
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Short Position
16,628
1.7639
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Short Position
4,338
1.7607
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Short Position
4,631
1.7665
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Long Position
1,669
1.7817
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Short Position
106,985
1.7649
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Long Position
727
1.7517
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Long Position
530
1.7525
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Long Position
2,172
1.7517
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Long Position
11,225
1.7685
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Long Position
724
1.7493
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Short Position
7,797
1.7610
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Short Position
14,184
1.7628
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Long Position
8,022
1.7681
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Long Position
4,762
1.7812
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Short Position
3,692
1.7605
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Short Position
49,478
1.7657
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Long Position
2,863
1.7503
5p ordinary
TRS
Opening Short Position
60,897
1.7641
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Long Position
7,458
1.7598
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Long Position
1,896
1.7700
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Long Position
832
1.7842
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Short Position
50,662
1.7642
5p ordinary
TRS
Reducing Long Position
1,188
1.7780
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Long Position
277
1.7496
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Short Position
6,483
1.7597
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Short Position
480,610
1.7631
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Short Position
187,829
1.7636
5p ordinary
TRS
Increasing Short Position
34,487
1.7657
(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
Type
e.g. American,
European etc.
Expiry date
Option money paid/ received per unit
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security
Product description 
e.g. call option
Exercising/ exercised against
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)
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:
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:
5 May 2017
Contact name:
Damian Flanagan
Telephone number:
+44 (28) 9040-9676
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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