26th Sep 2017 10:16
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: | 25 September 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 | 3,352,181
2,628,451 | 1.8490
1.8472 | 1.8275
1.8280 |
|
|
(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
|
Ordinary Shares
| Equity Swaps
| Long
Short
| 48,023 33,700 8,774 1,502 300,626 3,891 102,570 26,697 12,169 10,101 47,514 12,779 1,333 2,717 14,166
7,040 21,724 96,600 81,008 17,151 18,244 4,893 14,207 35,058 49,777 32,011 73,925 18,072 45,070 4,109 9,703 151,756 9,994 137,117 97,536 14,668 129,952 226,027 14,166 34,541 15,707 54,025 2,325 | 1.8294 GBP 1.8338 GBP 1.8364 GBP 1.8365 GBP 1.8367 GBP 1.8374 GBP 1.8379 GBP 1.8383 GBP 1.8386 GBP 1.8409 GBP 1.8411 GBP 1.8448 GBP 1.8460 GBP 1.8480 GBP 2.4820 USD
1.8281 GBP 1.8296 GBP 1.8302 GBP 1.8314 GBP 1.8316 GBP 1.8321 GBP 1.8322 GBP 1.8325 GBP 1.8336 GBP 1.8337 GBP 1.8341 GBP 1.8346 GBP 1.8348 GBP 1.8350 GBP 1.8352 GBP 1.8354 GBP 1.8356 GBP 1.8357 GBP 1.8358 GBP 1.8359 GBP 1.8361 GBP 1.8364 GBP 1.8384 GBP 1.8385 GBP 1.8401 GBP 1.8404 GBP 1.8409 GBP 1.8450 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: | 26 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.
Related Shares:
Tesco