TIDMTSCO

RNS Number : 2802C

JPMorgan Securities Plc

18 January 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 
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 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:    Tesco PLC 
  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:        Booker Group Plc 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                               17 January 2018 
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 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making        Yes 
 disclosures                                                                                 Booker Group Plc 
 in respect of any other party to this offer? 
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
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   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      Purchases/ sales       Total number of       Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit 
        security                                   securities              paid/received            paid/received 
                                                                               (GBP)                    (GBP) 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 Ordinary Shares             Purchases              4,381,810                  2.1370                   2.1150 
 
                                Sales               5,288,229                  2.1370                   2.1150 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
   Class of relevant      Product description     Nature of dealing       Number of reference     Price per unit (GBP) 
        security                e.g. CFD        e.g. opening/closing a         securities 
                                                 long/short position, 
                                                increasing/reducing a 
                                                 long/short position 
-----------------------  --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 Ordinary Shares             Equity Swaps                Long                    1,819                   2.1168 
                                                                                  2,176                  2.1178 
                                                                                 47,243                  2.1180 
                                                                                 23,689                  2.1182 
                                                                                 55,500                  2.1187 
                                                                                 108,191                 2.1190 
                                                                                  5,755                  2.1192 
                                                                                  3,239                  2.1195 
                                                                                   469                   2.1198 
                                                                                 410,231                 2.1200 
                                                                                  4,675                  2.1203 
                                                                                 55,413                  2.1205 
                                                                                 11,555                  2.1209 
                                                                                 13,225                  2.1225 
                                                                                 374,078                 2.1226 
                                                                                 31,554                  2.1227 
                                                                                 117,313                 2.1229 
                                                                                 220,023                 2.1231 
                                                                                 191,577                 2.1233 
                                                                                 38,004                  2.1240 
                                                                                 63,998                  2.1243 
                                                                                  7,813                  2.1247 
                                                                                 37,857                  2.1249 
                                                                                 806,293                 2.1250 
                                                                                 89,267                  2.1253 
                                                                                 10,569                  2.1254 
                                                                                 16,564                  2.1270 
                                                                                 24,953                  2.1279 
                                                                                 43,295                  2.1303 
                                                                                 73,380                  2.1314 
                                                                                  4,512                  2.1316 
 
                                                         Short                     78                    2.1190 
                                                                                   205                   2.1198 
                                                                                 10,021                  2.1200 
                                                                                 72,843                  2.1201 
                                                                                    7                    2.1202 
                                                                                  1,780                  2.1203 
                                                                                 115,562                 2.1204 
                                                                                 50,823                  2.1208 
                                                                                  2,867                  2.1209 
                                                                                  4,163                  2.1211 
                                                                                 47,911                  2.1212 
                                                                                  6,322                  2.1216 
                                                                                  1,580                  2.1221 
                                                                                 369,522                 2.1223 
                                                                                 524,781                 2.1224 
                                                                                 66,911                  2.1229 
                                                                                 226,507                 2.1230 
                                                                                  4,491                  2.1231 
                                                                                 14,080                  2.1233 
                                                                                   13                    2.1234 
                                                                                 10,291                  2.1235 
                                                                                  3,022                  2.1237 
                                                                                 21,394                  2.1239 
                                                                                  3,208                  2.1241 
                                                                                 34,240                  2.1242 
                                                                                 21,013                  2.1243 
                                                                                  1,835                  2.1252 
                                                                                  6,906                  2.1259 
                                                                                 13,948                  2.1264 
                                                                                  2,882                  2.1271 
                                                                                  6,379                  2.1274 
                                                                                  8,187                  2.1317 
-----------------------  --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 
   (c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of        Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise         Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant      description    purchasing,     securities     price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security       e.g. call       selling,       to which      unit (GBP)     American,                   received per 
                    option      varying etc.      option                       European                       unit 
                                                 relates                         etc.                        (GBP) 
--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 
   (ii)        Exercise 
 
   Class of relevant      Product description   Exercising/ exercised    Number of securities     Exercise price per 
        security            e.g. call option           against                                           unit 
                                                                                                        (GBP) 
-----------------------  --------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 
   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion                          (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" 
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 None 
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   (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" 
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 None 
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 Date of disclosure:    18 January 2018 
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 Contact name:          Alwyn Basch 
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 Telephone number:      020 7742 7407 
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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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