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Form 8.3 - TESCO PLC

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RNS Number : 2965O
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
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:

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

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"

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:

107,072,197*

1.31%



(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 





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





 

     TOTAL:

107,072,197

1.31%



 

*The change in the holding of 10,683 shares since the last disclosure on 16.08.2017 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

 

352

£1.8010

Ord 5p

Sales

 

158

£1.8010

Ord 5p

Sales

 

112

£1.8070

Ord 5p

Sales

 

65

£1.8065

Ord 5p

Sales

 

253

£1.8065

Ord 5p

Sales

 

70

£1.8060

Ord 5p

Sales

 

97

£1.8060

Ord 5p

Sales

 

210

£1.8085

Ord 5p

Sales

 

125

£1.8090

Ord 5p

Sales

 

275

£1.8085

Ord 5p

Sales

 

236

£1.8085

Ord 5p

Sales

 

360

£1.8090

Ord 5p

Sales

 

33

£1.8030

Ord 5p

Sales

 

320

£1.8050

Ord 5p

Sales

 

215

£1.8055

Ord 5p

Sales

 

600

£1.8045

Ord 5p

Sales

 

126

£1.8085

Ord 5p

Sales

 

592

£1.8045

Ord 5p

Sales

 

70

£1.8045

Ord 5p

Sales

 

84

£1.8055

Ord 5p

Sales

 

215

£1.8055

Ord 5p

Sales

 

514

£1.8020

Ord 5p

Sales

 

840

£1.7990

Ord 5p

Sales

 

124

£1.7970

Ord 5p

Sales

 

94

£1.7975

Ord 5p

Sales

 

158

£1.7975

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,010

£1.7995

Ord 5p

Sales

 

221

£1.7995

Ord 5p

Sales

 

570

£1.7995

Ord 5p

Sales

 

95

£1.8000

Ord 5p

Sales

 

201

£1.8000

Ord 5p

Sales

 

129

£1.8010

Ord 5p

Sales

 

197

£1.8000

Ord 5p

Sales

 

310

£1.7995

Ord 5p

Sales

 

170

£1.7995

Ord 5p

Sales

 

375

£1.7995

Ord 5p

Sales

 

194

£1.7990

Ord 5p

Sales

 

325

£1.7985

Ord 5p

Sales

 

3,214

£1.7985

Ord 5p

Sales

 

61

£1.7980

Ord 5p

Sales

 

272

£1.7980

Ord 5p

Sales

 

368

£1.7990

Ord 5p

Sales

 

891

£1.7990

Ord 5p

Sales

 

287

£1.7990

Ord 5p

Sales

 

514

£1.7995

Ord 5p

Sales

 

792

£1.7980

Ord 5p

Sales

 

43

£1.8010

Ord 5p

Sales

 

278

£1.7975

Ord 5p

Sales

 

74

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

243

£1.7950

Ord 5p

Sales

 

172

£1.7950

Ord 5p

Sales

 

515

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

80

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

342

£1.7985

Ord 5p

Sales

 

147

£1.7985

Ord 5p

Sales

 

182

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

593

£1.7930

Ord 5p

Sales

 

344

£1.7935

Ord 5p

Sales

 

99

£1.7900

Ord 5p

Sales

 

289

£1.7880

Ord 5p

Sales

 

72

£1.7890

Ord 5p

Sales

 

319

£1.7915

Ord 5p

Sales

 

85

£1.7910

Ord 5p

Sales

 

161

£1.7860

Ord 5p

Sales

 

148

£1.7830

Ord 5p

Sales

 

90

£1.7820

Ord 5p

Sales

 

250

£1.7835

Ord 5p

Sales

 

686

£1.7865

Ord 5p

Sales

 

222

£1.7885

Ord 5p

Sales

 

129

£1.7880

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,131

£1.7915

Ord 5p

Sales

 

59

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

79

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

571

£1.7975

Ord 5p

Sales

 

161

£1.7970

Ord 5p

Sales

 

332

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

128

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

110

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

467

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,188

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

340

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

136

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

182

£1.7930

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,460

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

986

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

87

£1.7935

Ord 5p

Sales

 

381

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

260

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

130

£1.7925

Ord 5p

Sales

 

702

£1.7905

Ord 5p

Sales

 

186

£1.7905

Ord 5p

Sales

 

254

£1.7850

Ord 5p

Sales

 

216

£1.7850

Ord 5p

Sales

 

218

£1.7850

Ord 5p

Sales

 

172

£1.7800

Ord 5p

Sales

 

60,172

£1.8075

 

(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:

17.08.2017

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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