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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:   Millennium International Management LP
(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

  4 October 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”

 

If YES, specify which:

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:

GB0008847096

   

 

  Interests   Short positions
  Number   %   Number   %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:                
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:   32,522,779   0.397        
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:                

TOTAL:

  32,522,779   0.397        

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

(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
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   5,884   1.931 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   23,569   1.923 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   157,040   1.893 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   36,178   1.891 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   81,048   1.859 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   122,190   1.880 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   2,876,514   1.840 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   2,938,517   1.852 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   740,890   1.854 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   385,724   1.840 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   142,767   1.916 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Closing a long position   416,008   1.854 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Opening a short position   415,130   1.854 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a short position   168,985   1.840 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Closing a short position   246,145   1.840 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   12,000   1.853 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   61,000   1.832 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Opening a short position   83,183   1.921 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Closing a short position   83,183   1.837 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Opening a long position   168,985   1.837 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Closing a long position   168,985   1.840 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   1,728,529   1.854 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   24,836   1.860 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   783,785   1.846 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   27,512   1.859 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   16,782   1.857 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   162,413   1.933 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   843,276   1.937 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   464,879   1.938 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   500,000   1.943 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   750,000   1.930 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   79,432   1.934 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   1,160   1.859 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   1,140,047   1.843 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   57,385   1.863 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   161,352   1.862 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   81,518   1.866 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   108,157   1.863 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   1,223,756   1.871 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   125,000   1.841 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   64,979   1.830 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   2,876,514   1.840 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   246,145   1.840 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   590,250   1.868 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   9,407   1.850 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   68,583   1.838 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Reducing a long position   77,100   1.852 GBP
GB0008847096   CFD   Increasing a long position   498   2.445 USD

(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:   5 October 2017
Contact name:   Milos Naumovic
Telephone number:   +44 203 650 8203

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 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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