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Form 8.3 - Tesco plc

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RNS Number : 2022W
BlackRock Group
10 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:

BlackRock, Inc.

(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.

N/A

(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

09 November 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:

 

5p ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

581,700,350

7.10%

0

0.00%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

28,094,317

0.34%

22,767,356

0.27%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

     TOTAL:

609,794,667

7.44%

22,767,356

0.27%

 

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

5p ordinary

Purchase

40,206

GBP 1.7680

5p ordinary

Sale

131,700

GBP 1.7560

5p ordinary

Sale

58,033

GBP 1.7615

5p ordinary

Sale

7,616

GBP 1.7655

5p ordinary

Sale

7,704

GBP 1.7680

 

(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

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,121

GBP 1.7542

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,330

GBP 1.7543

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,166

GBP 1.7543

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

228

GBP 1.7547

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

52

GBP 1.7547

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

339

GBP 1.7547

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

208

GBP 1.7548

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

3,928

GBP 1.7552

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

891

GBP 1.7552

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

976

GBP 1.7552

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

41

GBP 1.7554

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

4

GBP 1.7554

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,348

GBP 1.7557

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,071

GBP 1.7559

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

2,229

GBP 1.7562

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

231

GBP 1.7564

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

729

GBP 1.7567

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

118

GBP 1.7568

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

308

GBP 1.7569

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

357

GBP 1.7569

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

2,791

GBP 1.7571

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

376

GBP 1.7573

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

909

GBP 1.7574

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

200

GBP 1.7575

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,041

GBP 1.7575

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,047

GBP 1.7577

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

325

GBP 1.7578

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

919

GBP 1.7578

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

363

GBP 1.7578

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

6,408

GBP 1.7582

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

183

GBP 1.7589

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

246

GBP 1.7591

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

408

GBP 1.7592

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

2,020

GBP 1.7597

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

22,357

GBP 1.7597

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,348

GBP 1.7599

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

299

GBP 1.7602

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

292

GBP 1.7603

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

318

GBP 1.7604

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,299

GBP 1.7607

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

344

GBP 1.7609

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

391

GBP 1.7611

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,814

GBP 1.7617

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,606

GBP 1.7622

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,052

GBP 1.7623

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

3,810

GBP 1.7631

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

308

GBP 1.7632

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

301

GBP 1.7636

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

225

GBP 1.7637

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

297

GBP 1.7639

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

281

GBP 1.7641

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,035

GBP 1.7642

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing long

34,359

GBP 1.7645

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

109,885

GBP 1.7650

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

338

GBP 1.7651

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,625

GBP 1.7652

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

318

GBP 1.7652

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing long

10,098

GBP 1.7654

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

277

GBP 1.7657

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

2,673

GBP 1.7662

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

275

GBP 1.7663

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

21,620

GBP 1.7682

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

3,723

GBP 1.7684

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

101,622

GBP 1.7688

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,647

GBP 1.7689

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

919

GBP 1.7702

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

3,094

GBP 1.7705

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

5,564

GBP 1.7706

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

439

GBP 1.7708

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

88

GBP 1.7710

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

222

GBP 1.7711

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

341

GBP 1.7711

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

503

GBP 1.7712

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,974

GBP 1.7713

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

2,017

GBP 1.7713

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

674

GBP 1.7717

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

2,986

GBP 1.7722

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

433

GBP 1.7723

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

2,493

GBP 1.7727

5p ordinary

CFD

Reducing short

1,215

GBP 1.7729

 

(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:

10 November 2017
Contact name:

Andrew Manchester
Telephone number:

+44 20 7743 3650

 

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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