15th May 2017 09:55
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY PURCAHSES BY 2,552,485 TO 4,023,398
ADDED EQUITY SWAP SALES OF 2,552,485
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: | 08 May 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 | 4,023,398
2,660,723 | 1.8103
1.8095 | 1.7923
1.7905 |
|
|
(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
| 3,129 7,788 7,413 10,505 2,129 77,077 128 74,500 25,911 147,321 23,944 85,000 61,122 73 174,103 5,437 9,722 5,059 1,374 789 1,610 19,010 22,208 602 713 6,673 330,650 131 122,939 3,554 2,551 3,385 13,777 2,853 4,000 88,544 7,662 565 23,991
9,114 417 23,991 4,361 2,552,485 54,590 55,555 195,833 430,500 | 1.7925 GBP 1.7927 GBP 1.7929 GBP 1.7932 GBP 1.7935 GBP 1.7936 GBP 1.7940 GBP 1.7942 GBP 1.7943 GBP 1.7946 GBP 1.7947 GBP 1.7949 GBP 1.7950 GBP 1.7951 GBP 1.7954 GBP 1.7957 GBP 1.7963 GBP 1.7965 GBP 1.7966 GBP 1.7967 GBP 1.7975 GBP 1.7978 GBP 1.7980 GBP 1.7987 GBP 1.7993 GBP 1.7996 GBP 1.7999 GBP 1.8014 GBP 1.8020 GBP 1.8024 GBP 1.8029 GBP 1.8030 GBP 1.8034 GBP 1.8040 GBP 1.8048 GBP 1.8071 GBP 1.8073 GBP 1.8100 GBP 2.3149 USD
1.7931 GBP 1.7941 GBP 1.7945 GBP 1.7951 GBP 1.7964 GBP 1.8013 GBP 1.8033 GBP 1.8034 GBP 1.8103 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 (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (GBP) |
Ordinary Shares |
(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: | 15 May 2017 |
| Contact name: | Tung Le |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 7272 |
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