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RNS Number : 5975P
JPMorgan Securities Plc
01 September 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:

31 August 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

6,831,717

 

6,248,188

1.8175

 

1.8180

1.7895

 

1.7865

 

 

 

 

(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

 



Long

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,999

5,553

27,464

11,458

40,887

24,348

15,832

21,197

175,299

1,720

11,515

142,000

84

1,513

2,222

 

3,520

18,480

56,520

10,560

32,695

2,640

176,628

38,200

51,459

204,106

104,878

519

635

2,222

1.7919 GBP

1.7968 GBP

1.7977 GBP

1.7986 GBP

1.8007 GBP

1.8014 GBP

1.8015 GBP

1.8076 GBP

1.8089 GBP

1.8090 GBP

1.8095 GBP

1.8103 GBP

1.8110 GBP

1.8113 GBP

2.3530 USD

 

1.7911 GBP

1.7966 GBP

1.7976 GBP

1.7993 GBP

1.8019 GBP

1.8021 GBP

1.8023 GBP

1.8027 GBP

1.8058 GBP

1.8080 GBP

1.8090 GBP

1.8091 GBP

1.8111 GBP

1.8240 GBP

 

(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









                       

(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:

01 September 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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