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Form 8.3 - Tesco Plc

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By LSE RNS

RNS Number : 0204O
Societe Generale SA
15 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:

Société Générale S.A.

(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.


(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

14/08/2017

(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"

YES: Booker Group Plc

 

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: 23,155,615 Shares Interests and 29,681,466 short position

ADR (referencing the ordinary): 1,500 equivalent Shares interests and 0 equivalent Shares as short position

Where (1 ADR = 3 ordinary shares)

 

 

Interests

Short positions


Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

23,157,115

0.28

29,681,466

0.36

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

31,733,021

0.39

1,717,790

0.02

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

7,940,000

0.10

14,829,000

0.18

 

     TOTAL:

62,830,136

0.77

46,228,256

0.56

 

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

GBP

Ordinary

Purchase

948

1.7615

Ordinary

Purchase

2,608

1.76175

Ordinary

Purchase

926

1.7615

Ordinary

Purchase

700

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

480

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

597

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

808

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

923

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

1,650

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

620

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

500

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

480

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

480

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

91

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

121

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

1,511

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

82

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

2,574

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.765

Ordinary

Purchase

1,693

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

3,386

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

1,693

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

5,078

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

3,328

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

5,078

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

3,385

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

3,385

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

5,554

1.765

Ordinary

Purchase

3,290

1.7745

Ordinary

Purchase

1,424

1.7745

Ordinary

Purchase

447

1.7745

Ordinary

Purchase

2,914

1.765

Ordinary

Purchase

3,018

1.7655

Ordinary

Purchase

4,128

1.765

Ordinary

Purchase

2,911

1.7655

Ordinary

Purchase

3,097

1.765

Ordinary

Purchase

5,036

1.767

Ordinary

Purchase

2,574

1.766

Ordinary

Purchase

4,677

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

3,706

1.7645

Ordinary

Purchase

1,962

1.7665

Ordinary

Purchase

1,338

1.7665

Ordinary

Purchase

4,339

1.767

Ordinary

Purchase

4,493

1.7675

Ordinary

Purchase

2,718

1.767

Ordinary

Purchase

3,020

1.7695

Ordinary

Purchase

3,124

1.768

Ordinary

Purchase

3,135

1.7675

Ordinary

Purchase

5,850

1.7655

Ordinary

Purchase

3,528

1.769

Ordinary

Purchase

3,303

1.77

Ordinary

Purchase

3,171

1.769

Ordinary

Purchase

896

1.769

Ordinary

Purchase

436

1.769

Ordinary

Purchase

1,114

1.769

Ordinary

Purchase

15,875

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

15,875

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

15,875

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

15,875

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

15,875

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

15,875

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

15,875

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

6,350

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

6,350

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

1.762

Ordinary

Purchase

2,247

1.762

Ordinary

Purchase

749

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

803

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

618

1.7645

Ordinary

Purchase

3,522

1.7645

Ordinary

Purchase

767

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

746

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

1,349

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

2,024

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

795

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

748

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

2,124

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

2,060

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

1,481

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

688

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

732

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

708

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

223

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

119

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

156,640

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

25,958

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

1,200

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

1,220

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

1,888

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

388

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

1,816

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

103,409

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

2,110

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

2,909

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

2,200

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

1,816

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

2,572

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

170

1.7615

Ordinary

Purchase

346

1.762

Ordinary

Purchase

772

1.762

Ordinary

Purchase

41,604

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

17

1.765

Ordinary

Purchase

2,572

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

808

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

412

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

110

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

2,573

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

2,578

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

1,125

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

959

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

1,774

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

808

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

1,339

1.764

Ordinary

Purchase

255

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

4,623

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

108

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

249

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

269

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

799

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

921

1.7635

Ordinary

Purchase

686

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

2,786

1.763

Ordinary

Purchase

115

1.7625

Ordinary

Purchase

2,573

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

465

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

2,240

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

2,132

1.771

Ordinary

Sale

2,392

1.775

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.777

Ordinary

Sale

1,036

1.7705

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.7705

Ordinary

Sale

1,428

1.7705

Ordinary

Sale

1,629

1.774

Ordinary

Sale

101

1.774

Ordinary

Sale

3,169

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

1,843

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

2,228

1.76325

Ordinary

Sale

4,620

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

1,163

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

2,574

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

77

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

2,491

1.778

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.772

Ordinary

Sale

5,516

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

2,573

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

1,471

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

757

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

2,282

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

1,872

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

1,225

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

4,103

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

227

1.764

Ordinary

Sale

2,350

1.764

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

576

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

2,291

1.777

Ordinary

Sale

2,881

1.773

Ordinary

Sale

2,140

1.776

Ordinary

Sale

2,978

1.7655

Ordinary

Sale

2,922

1.766

Ordinary

Sale

1,400

1.775

Ordinary

Sale

2,558

1.7755

Ordinary

Sale

2,006

1.776

Ordinary

Sale

3,000

1.769

Ordinary

Sale

6,737

1.769

Ordinary

Sale

1,588

1.769

Ordinary

Sale

222

1.7775

Ordinary

Sale

327

1.7735

Ordinary

Sale

2,308

1.7735

Ordinary

Sale

936

1.7615

Ordinary

Sale

2,567

1.7615

Ordinary

Sale

2,574

1.766

Ordinary

Sale

443

1.7665

Ordinary

Sale

1,181

1.767

Ordinary

Sale

1,862

1.767

Ordinary

Sale

2,803

1.7675

Ordinary

Sale

2,802

1.768

Ordinary

Sale

1,476

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

609

1.7775

Ordinary

Sale

2,018

1.7775

Ordinary

Sale

862

1.778

Ordinary

Sale

2,648

1.766

Ordinary

Sale

2,130

1.7665

Ordinary

Sale

1,647

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

3,073

1.766

Ordinary

Sale

2,725

1.767

Ordinary

Sale

921

1.766

Ordinary

Sale

2,561

1.7735

Ordinary

Sale

2,636

1.774

Ordinary

Sale

2,644

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

1,799

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

776

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

1,682

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

2,575

1.766

Ordinary

Sale

2,969

1.7705

Ordinary

Sale

1,369

1.7705

Ordinary

Sale

2,647

1.7675

Ordinary

Sale

2,554

1.7775

Ordinary

Sale

1,111

1.766

Ordinary

Sale

2,576

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

2,257

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

2,627

1.778

Ordinary

Sale

320

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

2,634

1.775

Ordinary

Sale

712

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

3,061

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

1,245

1.766

Ordinary

Sale

419

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

2,157

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

1,001

1.7785

Ordinary

Sale

2,649

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

2,676

1.7705

Ordinary

Sale

343

1.7705

Ordinary

Sale

2,556

1.7775

Ordinary

Sale

2,576

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

2,943

1.7795

Ordinary

Sale

112

1.7795

Ordinary

Sale

3,525

1.7655

Ordinary

Sale

901

1.764

Ordinary

Sale

509

1.764

Ordinary

Sale

2,500

1.7705

Ordinary

Sale

1,792

1.7775

Ordinary

Sale

764

1.7775

Ordinary

Sale

2,574

1.766

Ordinary

Sale

2,575

1.764

Ordinary

Sale

938

1.7705

Ordinary

Sale

2,140

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

438

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

3,007

1.772

Ordinary

Sale

2,576

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

2,573

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

3,153

1.772

Ordinary

Sale

996

1.769

Ordinary

Sale

2,579

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

2,574

1.7665

Ordinary

Sale

2,576

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

2,552

1.775

Ordinary

Sale

2,558

1.775

Ordinary

Sale

2,210

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

2,709

1.775

Ordinary

Sale

2,579

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

3,986

1.764

Ordinary

Sale

3,215

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

3,830

1.7645

Ordinary

Sale

3,251

1.764

Ordinary

Sale

1,169

1.764

Ordinary

Sale

3,223

1.7645

Ordinary

Sale

3,302

1.7645

Ordinary

Sale

598

1.773

Ordinary

Sale

2,917

1.773

Ordinary

Sale

2,500

1.773

Ordinary

Sale

3,103

1.7765

Ordinary

Sale

2,558

1.7765

Ordinary

Sale

2,500

1.7765

Ordinary

Sale

2,574

1.7665

Ordinary

Sale

1,248

1.7635

Ordinary

Sale

2,194

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

2,629

1.777

Ordinary

Sale

1,252

1.7775

Ordinary

Sale

1,072

1.7775

Ordinary

Sale

1,484

1.767

Ordinary

Sale

1,849

1.767

Ordinary

Sale

2,151

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

849

1.775

Ordinary

Sale

311

1.775

Ordinary

Sale

2,574

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

4,801

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

2,769

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

4,000

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

2,877

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

2,500

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

3,114

1.765

Ordinary

Sale

82

1.7775

Ordinary

Sale

2,829

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

16

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

4,832

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

4,874

1.7615

Ordinary

Sale

931

1.7615

Ordinary

Sale

864

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

447

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

3,500

1.7615

Ordinary

Sale

3,126

1.7615

Ordinary

Sale

9,961

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

77

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

1,587

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

215

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

1,327

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

1,848

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

497

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

1,090

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

1,295

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

1,587

1.7745

Ordinary

Sale

1,500

1.7705

Ordinary

Sale

2,573

1.763

Ordinary

Sale

3,125

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

3,328

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

7,385

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

18,626

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

55,431

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

28,896

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

14,011

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

1,548

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

33,389

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

2,361

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

5,078

1.7625

Ordinary

Sale

2,491

1.7625


Total Purchases

655,633



Total Sales

535,787


 

                                                                                                      

(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






 

(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 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


 

 



 

 

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"

 

 

 

 

(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"

 

 

 

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

 

 

Date of disclosure:

15/08/2017
Contact name:

Olivier Vero
Telephone number:

+44 20 7676 6821 / 6969

 

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.

 

     SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

 

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

Full name of person making disclosure:

SOCIETE GENERALE SA

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Tesco Plc

 

2.         STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

 

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

EUR

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Ordinary Shares

Listed Call Option

Sale

1,000

2.200

American options

19/01/2018

Ordinary Shares

Listed Call Option

Sale

5,000,000

2.600

American options

15/12/2017

Ordinary Shares

Listed Call Option

Sale

2,750,000

1.800

American options

21/12/2018

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Purchase

3,000,000

1.200

American options

15/12/2017

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Purchase

8,000

1.4

American options

15/06/2018

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Purchase

79,000

1.65

American options

15/12/2017

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Purchase

1,000

1.600

American options

19/01/2018

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Purchase

30,000

1.600

American options

15/06/2018

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Purchase

15,000

1.950

American options

15/12/2017

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Purchase

500,000

2.400

American options

21/12/2018

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Purchase

5,000

1.400

American options

16/03/2018

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Purchase

500,000

1.900

American options

15/12/2017

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Sale

2,250,000

1

American options

18/09/2020

Ordinary Shares

Listed Put Option

Sale

2,750,000

1.800

American options

21/12/2018

Ordinary Shares

OTC call-option

Sale

2,940,000

1.700

American options

15/09/2017

Ordinary Shares

OTC put-option

Sale

2,940,000

1.700

American options

15/09/2017

 

3.         AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

 

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

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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