7th Dec 2017 11:09
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: | 06 December 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 | 6,033,947
6,147,163 | 2.0617
2.0610 | 2.0035
2.0035 |
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(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
| 5,919 176,500 250,000 238,246 222,959 80,953 52,053 11,364 525,809 30,887 1,973 296,800 1,911 328,049 13,776 2,512 27,041 8,490 72,371 134,722 3,116 4,503 163,753 9,923 525 3,669 3,380 14,126 8,198 5,649 20,897 3,573 1,560 250,000 5,850 3,120 63,151
218,706 30,787 5,257 250,123 258 23,224 3,391 240 8,345 13,606 11,632 29,370 33,485 632 56,953 7,047 738,145 1,663 9,653 79,316 18,225 25,341 102,575 176,063 54,367 194,019 563,922 32,934 15,516 107,483 76,354 112 580,745 358,085 12,202 21,091 9,472 2,304 2,891 47,420 4,712 255,000 2,586 3,530 1,199 23,199 256 8,633 5,486 4,055 164,299 4,700 63 3,120 | 2.0312 2.0316 2.0332 2.0339 2.0342 2.0364 2.0367 2.0381 2.0382 2.0383 2.0386 2.0404 2.0411 2.0418 2.0422 2.0431 2.0432 2.0435 2.0440 2.0441 2.0442 2.0444 2.0455 2.0457 2.0462 2.0464 2.0484 2.0491 2.0524 2.0545 2.0555 2.0567 2.0569 2.0576 2.0583 2.0589 2.0598
2.0123 2.0157 2.0166 2.0171 2.0173 2.0174 2.0212 2.0213 2.0214 2.0215 2.0259 2.0264 2.0301 2.0302 2.0303 2.0317 2.0322 2.0323 2.0326 2.0340 2.0341 2.0342 2.0344 2.0354 2.0359 2.0378 2.0385 2.0389 2.0393 2.0396 2.0397 2.0400 2.0408 2.0409 2.0412 2.0419 2.0423 2.0426 2.0431 2.0439 2.0450 2.0452 2.0457 2.0469 2.0472 2.0483 2.0484 2.0499 2.0501 2.0504 2.0518 2.0519 2.0520 2.0566 |
(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) |
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(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: | 07 December 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 [email protected]. 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.
Related Shares:
Tesco