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RNS Number : 5275G

JPMorgan Securities Plc

02 March 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:    Booker Group 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:                                                               01 March 2018 
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 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making        Yes 
 disclosures                                                                                 Tesco 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               122,587                   2.2640                   2.2516 
 
                                Sales                392,188                   2.2720                   2.2483 
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   (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                    3,011                   2.2522 
                                                                                  1,117                  2.2528 
                                                                                 66,950                  2.2530 
                                                                                  8,272                  2.2534 
                                                                                 76,436                  2.2539 
                                                                                 33,485                  2.2541 
                                                                                  6,371                  2.2558 
                                                                                  2,493                  2.2566 
                                                                                 40,646                  2.2568 
                                                                                  2,000                  2.2570 
                                                                                  2,286                  2.2572 
                                                                                 93,294                  2.2573 
                                                                                 42,842                  2.2594 
                                                                                   587                   2.2651 
                                                                                  1,127                  2.2669 
                                                                                   692                   2.2720 
 
                                                         Short                   49,578                  2.2528 
                                                                                 30,524                  2.2530 
                                                                                  6,470                  2.2531 
                                                                                 10,236                  2.2545 
                                                                                 17,103                  2.2552 
                                                                                  1,949                  2.2564 
                                                                                  2,112                  2.2574 
                                                                                  2,243                  2.2581 
                                                                                  1,324                  2.2640 
-----------------------  --------------------  -----------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 
   (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         American,                   received per 
                   option      varying etc.      option          (GBP)         European                    unit (GBP) 
                                                relates                          etc. 
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   (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) (GBP) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion 
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   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:    02 March 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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