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RNS Number : 7222W
JPMorgan Securities Plc
16 November 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:
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:
15 November 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
4,687,156
38,983,849
1.8907
1.8910
1.8365
1.8350
(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)
Ordinary Shares
Equity Swaps
Long
Short
39,979
15,758
88,551
1,662
9,417
2,225
103,107
2,081
76,199
2,844
546,708
33,517
252,633
70,207
4,045
1,843
38,354
11,119
160,651
93,831
12,775
789,610
44,265
312,961
23,433
688,916
42,385
234,791
23,164
161
14,455
27,267
309
27,719
56,064
35,773
366,730
15,376
100,564
37,864
4,424
49
1,523
33,213,136
111,509
132,478
1,700
5
189
300
10,377
73,379
4,144
139,267
81,400
8,524
236,291
12,659
8,947
173,287
9,632
198
671,277
3,408
25,455
80,310
193,075
27,723
16,118
4,279
16,741
1,700
1,696
13,343
4,425
1,363
3,321
1.8364
1.8365
1.8401
1.8424
1.8435
1.8447
1.8454
1.8457
1.8460
1.8465
1.8466
1.8476
1.8485
1.8493
1.8498
1.8500
1.8501
1.8512
1.8530
1.8567
1.8568
1.8582
1.8609
1.8610
1.8621
1.8631
1.8638
1.8641
1.8652
1.8653
1.8654
1.8679
1.8702
1.8703
1.8708
1.8711
1.8712
1.8729
1.8733
1.8749
1.8752
1.8753
1.8774
1.8780
1.8784
1.8785
1.8824
1.8853
1.8854
1.8855
1.8858
1.8887
1.8365
1.8366
1.8380
1.8453
1.8457
1.8480
1.8506
1.8578
1.8637
1.8638
1.8646
1.8690
1.8705
1.8706
1.8719
1.8726
1.8743
1.8780
1.8799
1.8826
1.8831
1.8843
1.8845
1.8871
1.8907
(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
Call Option
Purchase
1,000,000
1.950
American
19/01/2018
0.045
 
(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:
16 November 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.

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