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RNS Number : 8874I

JPMorgan Securities Plc

22 June 2017

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:                                                               21 June 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             15,135,407                  1.6880                   1.6707 
 
                                Sales               10,691,069                 1.6875                   1.6731 
-----------------------  -----------------  ------------------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
 
 
 
 
 
   (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 
                                                    long/short position, 
                                                   increasing/reducing a 
                                                    long/short position 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
     Ordinary Shares           Equity Swaps                 Long                      63,350              1.6731 GBP 
                                                                                      42,512              1.6748 GBP 
                                                                                       1,262              1.6750 GBP 
                                                                                       8,378              1.6770 GBP 
                                                                                       2,671              1.6779 GBP 
                                                                                      37,493              1.6781 GBP 
                                                                                      208,253             1.6786 GBP 
                                                                                      117,451             1.6787 GBP 
                                                                                      190,443             1.6789 GBP 
                                                                                      21,781              1.6791 GBP 
                                                                                      183,328             1.6793 GBP 
                                                                                       3,676              1.6795 GBP 
                                                                                      11,166              1.6797 GBP 
                                                                                      21,671              1.6798 GBP 
                                                                                      13,561              1.6800 GBP 
                                                                                      79,233              1.6802 GBP 
                                                                                       6,935              1.6805 GBP 
                                                                                      84,169              1.6807 GBP 
                                                                                      86,650              1.6808 GBP 
                                                                                      348,212             1.6810 GBP 
                                                                                       5,712              1.6813 GBP 
                                                                                       9,996              1.6816 GBP 
                                                                                       7,112              1.6821 GBP 
                                                                                       3,808              1.6825 GBP 
 
                                                            Short                       735               1.6706 GBP 
                                                                                       1,161              1.6707 GBP 
                                                                                         9                1.6717 GBP 
                                                                                      321,822             1.6740 GBP 
                                                                                       9,560              1.6763 GBP 
                                                                                      425,000             1.6766 GBP 
                                                                                      20,076              1.6769 GBP 
                                                                                       3,824              1.6773 GBP 
                                                                                        54                1.6776 GBP 
                                                                                       7,796              1.6778 GBP 
                                                                                      112,436             1.6781 GBP 
                                                                                      615,323             1.6790 GBP 
                                                                                       6,406              1.6791 GBP 
                                                                                       9,638              1.6792 GBP 
                                                                                      92,105              1.6796 GBP 
                                                                                       8,382              1.6799 GBP 
                                                                                      74,811              1.6800 GBP 
                                                                                       2,585              1.6801 GBP 
                                                                                      11,132              1.6802 GBP 
                                                                                       3,925              1.6805 GBP 
                                                                                        34                1.6806 GBP 
                                                                                      90,681              1.6809 GBP 
                                                                                      85,546              1.6810 GBP 
                                                                                      15,186              1.6815 GBP 
                                                                                        128               1.6817 GBP 
                                                                                       2,010              1.6826 GBP 
                                                                                     1,476,300            1.6831 GBP 
                                                                                       3,395              1.6834 GBP 
                                                                                        734               1.6839 GBP 
                                                                                      12,970              1.6843 GBP 
                                                                                       7,049              1.6848 GBP 
                                                                                        966               1.6856 GBP 
                                                                                      62,678              1.6871 GBP 
                                                                                      348,212             2.1181 USD 
-------------------------  --------------------  -------------------------  -------------------------  --------------- 
 
   (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:    22 June 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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