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Form 8.3 - Tesco Plc

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By LSE RNS

RNS Number : 2735O
Societe Generale SA
17 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

16/08/2017

(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: 22,977,624 Shares Interests and 29,458,143 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:

22,979,124

0.28

29,458,143

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:

62,652,145

0.77

46,004,933

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

15,875

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

15,875

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

478

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

9,525

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

15,875

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

6,350

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

705

1.802

Ordinary

Purchase

1,098

1.802

Ordinary

Purchase

1,209

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

2,175

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

1,500

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

173

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

45,355

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

10,780

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

62,517

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

6,375

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

134,242

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

198

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

5,250

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

79,473

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

238

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

198

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

199

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

198

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

238

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

199

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

198

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

198

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

198

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

198

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

238

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

198

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

198

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

198

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

238

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

238

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

238

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

238

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

238

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

1,102

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

8,776

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

1,300

1.8045

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.8045

Ordinary

Purchase

861

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

834

1.80675

Ordinary

Purchase

10

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

400

1.7975

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.7975

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

1,164

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

1,873

1.7885

Ordinary

Purchase

2,081

1.802

Ordinary

Purchase

1,155

1.802

Ordinary

Purchase

1,694

1.802

Ordinary

Purchase

720

1.802

Ordinary

Purchase

200

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

1,000

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

192

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

4,195

1.8015

Ordinary

Purchase

75

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

4,328

1.8055

Ordinary

Purchase

2,500

1.803

Ordinary

Purchase

1,336

1.803

Ordinary

Purchase

4,008

1.791

Ordinary

Purchase

2,550

1.7835

Ordinary

Purchase

1,432

1.783

Ordinary

Purchase

3,176

1.7945

Ordinary

Purchase

5,297

1.7945

Ordinary

Purchase

2,500

1.8045

Ordinary

Purchase

10,000

1.8045

Ordinary

Purchase

1,900

1.79

Ordinary

Purchase

642

1.79

Ordinary

Purchase

2,522

1.8065

Ordinary

Purchase

3,703

1.799

Ordinary

Purchase

1,346

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

1,100

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

547

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

2,186

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

1,229

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

1,946

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

1,169

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

1,227

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

200

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

1,700

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

200

1.807

Ordinary

Purchase

705

1.8065

Ordinary

Purchase

700

1.8065

Ordinary

Purchase

511

1.8065

Ordinary

Purchase

371

1.7895

Ordinary

Purchase

3,302

1.8005

Ordinary

Purchase

605

1.8065

Ordinary

Purchase

227

1.7895

Ordinary

Purchase

544

1.7895

Ordinary

Purchase

1,400

1.7895

Ordinary

Purchase

4,507

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

2,500

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

653

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

2,528

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

262

1.782

Ordinary

Purchase

2,291

1.782

Ordinary

Purchase

2,211

1.7815

Ordinary

Purchase

113

1.7815

Ordinary

Purchase

229

1.7815

Ordinary

Purchase

2,529

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

3,507

1.8025

Ordinary

Purchase

3,307

1.8025

Ordinary

Purchase

2,553

1.7845

Ordinary

Purchase

1,973

1.795

Ordinary

Purchase

2,116

1.7955

Ordinary

Purchase

1,571

1.7885

Ordinary

Purchase

3,363

1.7885

Ordinary

Purchase

2,036

1.7885

Ordinary

Purchase

2,500

1.7885

Ordinary

Purchase

5,713

1.803

Ordinary

Purchase

742

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

1,758

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

1,724

1.791

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.8045

Ordinary

Purchase

1,843

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

1,606

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

2,265

1.7885

Ordinary

Purchase

1,319

1.8075

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.801

Ordinary

Purchase

884

1.806

Ordinary

Purchase

890

1.806

Ordinary

Purchase

182

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

1,328

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

2,000

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

3,281

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

2,261

1.8

Ordinary

Purchase

24,380

1.802649

Ordinary

Purchase

9,706

1.7845

Ordinary

Sale

83

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

4,882

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

7,406

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

9,764

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

9,763

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

4,270

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

8,136

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

9,763

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

1,031

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

3,866

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

3,254

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

1,627

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

5,478

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

6,509

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

3,254

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

4,882

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

9,763

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

4,882

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

15

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

17

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

1,284

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

1,292

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

157

1.8005

Ordinary

Sale

13

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

182

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

150

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

15

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

3

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

3,265

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

373

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

2,927

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

3,019

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

1,275

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

143

1.794

Ordinary

Sale

72

1.7885

Ordinary

Sale

173

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

142

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

1,903

1.805

Ordinary

Sale

2,450

1.805

Ordinary

Sale

665

1.805

Ordinary

Sale

605

1.8065

Ordinary

Sale

419

1.8065

Ordinary

Sale

310

1.8055

Ordinary

Sale

5,000

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

1,388

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

5,000

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

1,177

1.802

Ordinary

Sale

6,323

1.802

Ordinary

Sale

6,112

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

5,000

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

5,000

1.806

Ordinary

Sale

5,000

1.8065

Ordinary

Sale

7,500

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

1,600

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

332

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

1,000

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

1,600

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

1,900

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

2,500

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

191

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

895

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

484

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

5,000

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

5,000

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

1,290

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

6,210

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

1,000

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

983

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

3,059

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

2,100

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

1,467

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

2,520

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

1,900

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

1,772

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

1,480

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

895

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

2,500

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

4,287

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

3,213

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

1,192

1.8065

Ordinary

Sale

1,290

1.805

Ordinary

Sale

3,976

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

3,700

1.8055

Ordinary

Sale

990

1.8055

Ordinary

Sale

15

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

409

1.802

Ordinary

Sale

1,927

1.802

Ordinary

Sale

2,965

1.7995

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.7975

Ordinary

Sale

2,228

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

602

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

541

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

408

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

2,096

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

2,205

1.8005

Ordinary

Sale

2,153

1.797

Ordinary

Sale

871

1.797

Ordinary

Sale

3,575

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

4,657

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

2,079

1.782

Ordinary

Sale

404

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

1,005

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

895

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

1,542

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

2,804

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

8,238

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

9,525

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

86,934

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

238

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

6,350

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

12,064

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

488

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

15,875

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

2,578

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

198

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

92

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

2,859

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

629

1.7845

Ordinary

Sale

3,301

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

2,795

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

2,475

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

242

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

2,575

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

2,583

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

895

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

248

1.8015

Ordinary

Sale

410

1.802

Ordinary

Sale

56

1.7995

Ordinary

Sale

2,573

1.802

Ordinary

Sale

2,577

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

2,575

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

578

1.8005

Ordinary

Sale

2,573

1.797

Ordinary

Sale

228

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

1,934

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

2,577

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

648

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

2,573

1.803

Ordinary

Sale

1

1.7975

Ordinary

Sale

204

1.794

Ordinary

Sale

2,369

1.794

Ordinary

Sale

2,573

1.8055

Ordinary

Sale

2,573

1.7985

Ordinary

Sale

192

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

563

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

591

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

1,985

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

158

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

2,134

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

1,239

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

276

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

2,171

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

133

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

269

1.8

Ordinary

Sale

22

1.792

Ordinary

Sale

3,133

1.803

Ordinary

Sale

2,932

1.7825

Ordinary

Sale

3,176

1.7945

Ordinary

Sale

5,901

1.797

Ordinary

Sale

5,297

1.7945

Ordinary

Sale

2,804

1.7845

Ordinary

Sale

172

1.7845

Ordinary

Sale

2,395

1.7975

Ordinary

Sale

2,291

1.7975

Ordinary

Sale

269

1.79

Ordinary

Sale

3,887

1.7895

Ordinary

Sale

705

1.79

Ordinary

Sale

86

1.79

Ordinary

Sale

2,596

1.7995

Ordinary

Sale

3,774

1.7985

Ordinary

Sale

99

1.7945

Ordinary

Sale

361

1.7945

Ordinary

Sale

361

1.7945

Ordinary

Sale

361

1.7945

Ordinary

Sale

501

1.7945

Ordinary

Sale

1,050

1.7945

Ordinary

Sale

1,677

1.7945

Ordinary

Sale

4,039

1.7995

Ordinary

Sale

1,935

1.7995

Ordinary

Sale

1,293

1.7995

Ordinary

Sale

645

1.7995

Ordinary

Sale

3,103

1.8075

Ordinary

Sale

421

1.8075

Ordinary

Sale

2,944

1.783

Ordinary

Sale

934

1.7825

Ordinary

Sale

2,500

1.7825

Ordinary

Sale

33

1.783

Ordinary

Sale

2,955

1.7835

Ordinary

Sale

5,799

1.797

Ordinary

Sale

2,844

1.7975

Ordinary

Sale

2,874

1.7815

Ordinary

Sale

2,395

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

2,125

1.804

Ordinary

Sale

469

1.804

Ordinary

Sale

2,864

1.7845

Ordinary

Sale

816

1.792

Ordinary

Sale

4,920

1.807

Ordinary

Sale

314

1.8075

Ordinary

Sale

2,855

1.8075

Ordinary

Sale

288

1.802

Ordinary

Sale

3,335

1.802

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.803

Ordinary

Sale

1,483

1.8005

Ordinary

Sale

2,000

1.805

Ordinary

Sale

1,073

1.7975

Ordinary

Sale

927

1.7975

Ordinary

Sale

1,099

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

1,770

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

1,852

1.8085

Ordinary

Sale

15,875

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

45,650

1.802649

Ordinary

Sale

79,521

1.801

Ordinary

Sale

9,706

1.784779


Total Purchases

634,484



Total Sales

732,110


 

                                                                                                      

(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:

17/08/2017
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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