30th Aug 2017 07:00
AMENDMENT
INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 1,119,300 TO 4,942,539
ADDED EQUITY SWAP PURCHASES OF 1,119,300
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: | 24 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 | 3,865,221
4,942,539 | 1.8900
1.8905 | 1.8680
1.8670 |
|
|
(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
| 400 167,084 3,922 1,716 1,587 2,644 13,698 5,433 116 5,431 6,323 5,930 12,990 4,656 7,865 31,475 18,160 14,121 6,407 1,716 45,125 6,628 711 83,390 1,119,300 27,497 235 37,563 18,030 2,317 1,464 713 4,265 1,191 162 5,547 1,334 13,400 2,139 271
858 16,265 1,300 8,543 12,358 80,234 365 12,050 339,507 146,000 1,403 8,528 1,587 5,761 1,704 1,587 | 1.8670 GBP 1.8692 GBP 1.8708 GBP 1.8709 GBP 1.8710 GBP 1.8711 GBP 1.8715 GBP 1.8717 GBP 1.8721 GBP 1.8723 GBP 1.8733 GBP 1.8739 GBP 1.8740 GBP 1.8741 GBP 1.8744 GBP 1.8745 GBP 1.8749 GBP 1.8751 GBP 1.8753 GBP 1.8754 GBP 1.8755 GBP 1.8756 GBP 1.8757 GBP 1.8759 GBP 1.8760 GBP 1.8762 GBP 1.8763 GBP 1.8766 GBP 1.8768 GBP 1.8772 GBP 1.8779 GBP 1.8780 GBP 1.8789 GBP 1.8797 GBP 1.8805 GBP 1.8806 GBP 1.8814 GBP 1.8817 GBP 1.8842 GBP 1.8854 GBP
1.8696 GBP 1.8697 GBP 1.8706 GBP 1.8711 GBP 1.8739 GBP 1.8745 GBP 1.8746 GBP 1.8765 GBP 1.8787 GBP 1.8795 GBP 1.8809 GBP 1.8813 GBP 1.8848 GBP 1.8868 GBP 1.8871 GBP 2.3762 USD |
(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: | 29 August 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