Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Tesco PLC amendment

AMENDMENT

INCREASED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 226,775 TO 5,779,431

INCREASED EQUITY SALES BY 20,489 TO 2,226,928

ADDED CALL OPTION PURCHASE OF 562,531

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:	22 January 2018
(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	5,779,431    2,226,928	2.0795   2.0800	2.0637   2.0640

 

(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                                                                                                                 Call Option	Long                           Short                                                                                     Long	1,719 2,741 91,290 17,991 45,620 4,517 211,173 8,424 6,184 62,182 17,000 6,074 40,387   2,265 16,091 2,762 4,447 66,242 2,675 2,590 54,533 11,862 321,155 251,768 215,165 391,400 951,810 8,541 10,585 33,461 200,286 1,980 1,736 6,230 3,996 10,218 435,176 244,343 38,655 1,619 1,902 652,382 33,654 45,909 79,726 19,296 15,479 4,629 4,113 6,605 12,208 42,553 8,858 3,674 66,342   562,531	2.0685 2.0695 2.0698 2.0699 2.0700 2.0715 2.0720 2.0723 2.0737 2.0739 2.0741 2.0749 2.0752   2.0662 2.0674 2.0676 2.0679 2.0680 2.0681 2.0683 2.0685 2.0686 2.0687 2.0690 2.0691 2.0697 2.0700 2.0701 2.0702 2.0703 2.0704 2.0706 2.0713 2.0714 2.0716 2.0718 2.0719 2.0720 2.0721 2.0722 2.0726 2.0730 2.0733 2.0734 2.0747 2.0755 2.0762 2.0764 2.0770 2.0776 2.0779 2.0780 2.0784 2.0796 2.0797   0.0207

 

(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)

 

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(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:	21 February 2018
Contact name:	Alwyn Basch
Telephone number:	020 7742 7407

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 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.