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RNS Number : 7863D

JPMorgan Securities Plc

28 April 2017

AMMENT

REDUCED EQUITY PURCHASES BY 13,192 TO 2,923,176

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 
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 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:    Tesco PLC 
  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
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 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:        Booker Group Plc 
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 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                               04 April 2017 
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 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making        Yes 
 disclosures                                                                                 Booker Group Plc 
 in respect of any other party to this offer? 
 If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" 
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   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      Purchases/ sales       Total number of       Highest price per unit   Lowest price per unit 
        security                                   securities              paid/received            paid/received 
                                                                               (GBP)                    (GBP) 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
    Ordinary Shares          Purchases              2,923,176                  1.8590                   1.8450 
 
                                Sales               2,237,271                  1.8598                   1.8450 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 
 
 
 
   (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
    Class of relevant       Product description      Nature of dealing         Number of reference      Price per unit 
         security                 e.g. CFD         e.g. opening/closing a           securities               (GBP) 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
     Ordinary Shares           Equity Swaps                 Long                     434,365                1.8450 
                                                                                       4,606                1.8452 
                                                                                      13,863                1.8472 
                                                                                      218,200               1.8483 
                                                                                       7,802                1.8500 
                                                                                      17,730                1.8506 
                                                                                      86,621                1.8509 
 
                                                            Short                     36,299                1.8470 
                                                                                      100,170               1.8471 
                                                                                      139,256               1.8472 
                                                                                        663                 1.8481 
                                                                                      13,038                1.8482 
                                                                                       1,710                1.8484 
                                                                                       6,615                1.8494 
                                                                                       7,356                1.8495 
                                                                                       6,928                1.8502 
                                                                                      28,592                1.8504 
                                                                                      32,763                1.8506 
                                                                                      226,947               1.8508 
                                                                                      172,471               1.8510 
                                                                                      27,651                1.8512 
                                                                                      163,016               1.8513 
                                                                                       1,769                1.8515 
                                                                                      59,158                1.8519 
                                                                                      57,212                1.8528 
                                                                                      31,133                1.8530 
                                                                                      170,681               1.8533 
                                                                                      68,711                1.8534 
                                                                                       2,744                1.8535 
                                                                                      45,060                1.8536 
                                                                                      78,951                1.8551 
                                                                                        882                 1.8562 
                                                                                      11,604                1.8570 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
   (i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
   Class of        Product        Writing,      Number of       Exercise         Type       Expiry date   Option money 
   relevant      description    purchasing,     securities     price per         e.g.                        paid/ 
   security       e.g. call       selling,       to which      unit (GBP)     American,                   received per 
                    option      varying etc.      option                       European                       unit 
                                                 relates                         etc.                        (GBP) 
--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  ------------  ------------- 
   Ordinary 
    Shares 
--------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  ------------  ------------- 
 
   (ii)        Exercise 
 
   Class of relevant      Product description   Exercising/ exercised    Number of securities     Exercise price per 
        security            e.g. call option           against                                           unit 
                                                                                                        (GBP) 
-----------------------  --------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------  ----------------------- 
    Ordinary Shares 
-----------------------  --------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------  ----------------------- 
 
   (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant security         Nature of dealing          Details   Price per unit (if applicable) (GBP) 
                               e.g. subscription, conversion 
---------------------------  -------------------------------  --------  ------------------------------------- 
 
 
   (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" 
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 None 
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   (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" 
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 None 
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 Date of disclosure:    28 April 2017 
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 Contact name:          Tung Le 
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 Telephone number:      020 7742 7272 
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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.

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