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Form 8.3 - TESCO PLC

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RNS Number : 5314N
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
09 August 2017
 

FORM 8.3

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Full name of discloser:

Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

The Tesco PLC Share Incentive Plan

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Tesco PLC

(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:


(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

08.08.2017

(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

NO

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 

Class of relevant security:

 

Ordinary Shares of 5p each

 

 

Interests

Short positions


Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

107,277,463*

1.31%



(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 





(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:





 

     TOTAL:

107,277,463

1.31%



 

*The change in the holding of 7,127 shares since the last disclosure on 08.08.2017 date is due to the transfer out of a discretionary holding.

 

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

 

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:


Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:


 

 

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

Ord 5p

Sales

 

55

£1.7925

Ord 5p

Sales

 

212

£1.7925

Ord 5p

Sales

 

151

£1.7915

Ord 5p

Sales

 

275

£1.7915

Ord 5p

Sales

 

808

£1.7915

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,795

£1.7910

Ord 5p

Sales

 

289

£1.7900

Ord 5p

Sales

 

152

£1.7895

Ord 5p

Sales

 

844

£1.7915

Ord 5p

Sales

 

241

£1.7905

Ord 5p

Sales

 

213

£1.7910

Ord 5p

Sales

 

228

£1.7915

Ord 5p

Sales

 

618

£1.7875

Ord 5p

Sales

 

150

£1.7875

Ord 5p

Sales

 

359

£1.7875

Ord 5p

Sales

 

106

£1.7875

Ord 5p

Sales

 

113

£1.7875

Ord 5p

Sales

 

777

£1.7845

Ord 5p

Sales

 

132

£1.7860

Ord 5p

Sales

 

234

£1.7870

Ord 5p

Sales

 

73

£1.7855

Ord 5p

Sales

 

143

£1.7860

Ord 5p

Sales

 

127

£1.7830

Ord 5p

Sales

 

258

£1.7810

Ord 5p

Sales

 

161

£1.7810

Ord 5p

Sales

 

165

£1.7835

Ord 5p

Sales

 

260

£1.7830

Ord 5p

Sales

 

163

£1.7825

Ord 5p

Sales

 

108

£1.7810

Ord 5p

Sales

 

153

£1.7810

Ord 5p

Sales

 

148

£1.7825

Ord 5p

Sales

 

803

£1.7845

Ord 5p

Sales

 

791

£1.7815

Ord 5p

Sales

 

28

£1.7820

Ord 5p

Sales

 

99

£1.7830

Ord 5p

Sales

 

618

£1.7815

Ord 5p

Sales

 

324

£1.7860

Ord 5p

Sales

 

185

£1.7870

Ord 5p

Sales

 

40

£1.7815

Ord 5p

Sales

 

493

£1.7840

Ord 5p

Sales

 

141

£1.7825

Ord 5p

Sales

 

92

£1.7900

Ord 5p

Sales

 

614

£1.7920

Ord 5p

Sales

 

100

£1.7995

Ord 5p

Sales

 

306

£1.8005

Ord 5p

Sales

 

308

£1.8005

Ord 5p

Sales

 

50

£1.8005

Ord 5p

Sales

 

89

£1.8020

Ord 5p

Sales

 

200

£1.8020

Ord 5p

Sales

 

277

£1.8030

Ord 5p

Sales

 

151

£1.8020

Ord 5p

Sales

 

77

£1.8005

Ord 5p

Sales

 

158

£1.8010

Ord 5p

Sales

 

100

£1.7995

Ord 5p

Sales

 

125

£1.8005

Ord 5p

Sales

 

82

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

151

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

71

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

91

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

478

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

100

£1.8005

Ord 5p

Sales

 

171

£1.7985

Ord 5p

Sales

 

137

£1.7975

Ord 5p

Sales

 

55

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

850

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

287

£1.7935

Ord 5p

Sales

 

285

£1.7935

Ord 5p

Sales

 

700

£1.7935

Ord 5p

Sales

 

141

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

99

£1.7930

Ord 5p

Sales

 

315

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

141

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

72

£1.7935

Ord 5p

Sales

 

56

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

129

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,006

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

157

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

383

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

387

£1.7950

Ord 5p

Sales

 

437

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

283

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

207

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

52

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

180

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

172

£1.7950

Ord 5p

Sales

 

105

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

122

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

151

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

39

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

122

£1.7895

Ord 5p

Sales

 

95

£1.7860

Ord 5p

Sales

 

46,935

£1.7915

 

(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


 

 




 

(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

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





 

 

 

(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)


 

 



 

 

4.         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 person 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 person 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

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

09.08.2017

Contact name:

Wendy Butcher

Telephone number:

01903 833375

 

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 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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