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RNS Number : 2224G
JPMorgan Securities Plc
28 February 2018
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:
27 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
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
10,001,710
10,439,185
2.0830
2.0801
2.0630
2.0608
(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
3,479
144,252
4,014
1,514
1,552
2,830
5,748
175,872
1,815
48,036
53
283,639
6,169
7,167
1,496
317,516
8,840
14,808
2,025,000
172,903
2,000
34,830
1,830
2,000
158
393
3,531
160,656
841
6,853
292,535
9,699
40
399
20,064
187,305
754,327
49,522
91,842
119,638
6,575
38,641
26,104
12,743
277
1,371
2
3,160
12,122
373
9,262
60,651
7,525
2,704
276
222
2.0608
2.0635
2.0675
2.0678
2.0679
2.0680
2.0682
2.0692
2.0694
2.0696
2.0699
2.0700
2.0704
2.0706
2.0708
2.0709
2.0710
2.0713
2.0720
2.0733
2.0734
2.0736
2.0610
2.0642
2.0660
2.0665
2.0669
2.0684
2.0686
2.0690
2.0701
2.0705
2.0706
2.0707
2.0709
2.0710
2.0711
2.0712
2.0713
2.0714
2.0715
2.0718
2.0720
2.0721
2.0722
2.0724
2.0726
2.0729
2.0739
2.0741
2.0744
2.0752
2.0763
2.0776
2.0792
2.0814
(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)








(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)



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:
28 February 2018
Contact name:
Alwyn Basch
Telephone number:
020 7742 7407
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.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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