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Form 8.3 - TESCO PLC

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RNS Number : 6744V
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
06 November 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

03.11.2017

(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:

102,427,881*

1.25%



(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 





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





 

     TOTAL:

102,427,881

1.25%



 

*The change in the holding of 8,122 shares since the last disclosure on 03.11.2017 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

 

120

£1.7930

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,626

£1.7925

Ord 5p

Sales

 

71

£1.7930

Ord 5p

Sales

 

280

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

207

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

181

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,865

£1.7970

Ord 5p

Sales

 

208

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

266

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

213

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,566

£1.7950

Ord 5p

Sales

 

186

£1.7915

Ord 5p

Sales

 

52

£1.7950

Ord 5p

Sales

 

336

£1.7970

Ord 5p

Sales

 

130

£1.7910

Ord 5p

Sales

 

82

£1.7950

Ord 5p

Sales

 

634

£1.7950

Ord 5p

Sales

 

937

£1.7925

Ord 5p

Sales

 

266

£1.7925

Ord 5p

Sales

 

409

£1.7925

Ord 5p

Sales

 

65

£1.7915

Ord 5p

Sales

 

46

£1.7915

Ord 5p

Sales

 

229

£1.7935

Ord 5p

Sales

 

97

£1.7910

Ord 5p

Sales

 

400

£1.7930

Ord 5p

Sales

 

267

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,495

£1.7890

Ord 5p

Sales

 

404

£1.7890

Ord 5p

Sales

 

392

£1.7885

Ord 5p

Sales

 

94

£1.7895

Ord 5p

Sales

 

85

£1.7890

Ord 5p

Sales

 

145

£1.7890

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,262

£1.7880

Ord 5p

Sales

 

326

£1.7875

Ord 5p

Sales

 

292

£1.7875

Ord 5p

Sales

 

389

£1.7935

Ord 5p

Sales

 

316

£1.7930

Ord 5p

Sales

 

240

£1.7930

Ord 5p

Sales

 

331

£1.7930

Ord 5p

Sales

 

594

£1.7940

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,273

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

71

£1.7950

Ord 5p

Sales

 

69

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

72

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

98

£1.7935

Ord 5p

Sales

 

772

£1.7930

Ord 5p

Sales

 

511

£1.7945

Ord 5p

Sales

 

128

£1.7950

Ord 5p

Sales

 

154

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

266

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

442

£1.7955

Ord 5p

Sales

 

141

£1.7970

Ord 5p

Sales

 

319

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

82

£1.7960

Ord 5p

Sales

 

40

£1.7975

Ord 5p

Sales

 

252

£1.7975

Ord 5p

Sales

 

256

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

340

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

332

£1.7975

Ord 5p

Sales

 

124

£1.7975

Ord 5p

Sales

 

92

£1.7985

Ord 5p

Sales

 

88

£1.7965

Ord 5p

Sales

 

89

£1.7970

Ord 5p

Sales

 

95

£1.7990

Ord 5p

Sales

 

25,977

£1.7870

Ord 5p

Purchase

 

357,695

£1.79457

 

(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:

06.11.2017

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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