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Form 8.3 - TESCO PLC

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By LSE RNS

RNS Number : 6195X
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
27 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

24.11.2017

(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:

101,356,252*

1.24%



(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 





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





 

     TOTAL:

101,356,252

1.24%



 

*The change in the holding of 16,802 shares since the last disclosure on 24.11.2017 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

 

84

£1.9280

Ord 5p

Sales

 

75

£1.9285

Ord 5p

Sales

 

143

£1.9265

Ord 5p

Sales

 

100

£1.9270

Ord 5p

Sales

 

230

£1.9280

Ord 5p

Sales

 

463

£1.9290

Ord 5p

Sales

 

300

£1.9290

Ord 5p

Sales

 

61

£1.9275

Ord 5p

Sales

 

317

£1.9280

Ord 5p

Sales

 

166

£1.9285

Ord 5p

Sales

 

124

£1.9285

Ord 5p

Sales

 

145

£1.9275

Ord 5p

Sales

 

176

£1.9270

Ord 5p

Sales

 

155

£1.9265

Ord 5p

Sales

 

363

£1.9255

Ord 5p

Sales

 

96

£1.9255

Ord 5p

Sales

 

75

£1.9245

Ord 5p

Sales

 

207

£1.9245

Ord 5p

Sales

 

580

£1.9230

Ord 5p

Sales

 

276

£1.9220

Ord 5p

Sales

 

131

£1.9220

Ord 5p

Sales

 

176

£1.9230

Ord 5p

Sales

 

149

£1.9245

Ord 5p

Sales

 

342

£1.9245

Ord 5p

Sales

 

148

£1.9245

Ord 5p

Sales

 

208

£1.9250

Ord 5p

Sales

 

58

£1.9245

Ord 5p

Sales

 

110

£1.9260

Ord 5p

Sales

 

235

£1.9250

Ord 5p

Sales

 

30

£1.9275

Ord 5p

Sales

 

43

£1.9275

Ord 5p

Sales

 

156

£1.9275

Ord 5p

Sales

 

119

£1.9265

Ord 5p

Sales

 

88

£1.9270

Ord 5p

Sales

 

1,571

£1.9270

Ord 5p

Sales

 

172

£1.9275

Ord 5p

Sales

 

77

£1.9290

Ord 5p

Sales

 

90

£1.9300

Ord 5p

Sales

 

111

£1.9300

Ord 5p

Sales

 

223

£1.9325

Ord 5p

Sales

 

127

£1.9325

Ord 5p

Sales

 

370

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

182

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

116

£1.9355

Ord 5p

Sales

 

418

£1.9355

Ord 5p

Sales

 

171

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

301

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

80

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

94

£1.9335

Ord 5p

Sales

 

117

£1.9330

Ord 5p

Sales

 

136

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

95

£1.9340

Ord 5p

Sales

 

95

£1.9335

Ord 5p

Sales

 

225

£1.9335

Ord 5p

Sales

 

85

£1.9335

Ord 5p

Sales

 

80

£1.9340

Ord 5p

Sales

 

181

£1.9340

Ord 5p

Sales

 

40

£1.9335

Ord 5p

Sales

 

168

£1.9370

Ord 5p

Sales

 

218

£1.9340

Ord 5p

Sales

 

82

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

81

£1.9340

Ord 5p

Sales

 

276

£1.9340

Ord 5p

Sales

 

239

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

57

£1.9365

Ord 5p

Sales

 

100

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

191

£1.9340

Ord 5p

Sales

 

177

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

217

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

500

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

69

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

117

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

125

£1.9390

Ord 5p

Sales

 

164

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

90

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

161

£1.9315

Ord 5p

Sales

 

136

£1.9320

Ord 5p

Sales

 

104

£1.9320

Ord 5p

Sales

 

575

£1.9320

Ord 5p

Sales

 

143

£1.9320

Ord 5p

Sales

 

200

£1.9340

Ord 5p

Sales

 

113

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

970

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

65

£1.9355

Ord 5p

Sales

 

122

£1.9355

Ord 5p

Sales

 

135

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

72

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

120

£1.9340

Ord 5p

Sales

 

150

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

109

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

60

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

76

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

716

£1.9335

Ord 5p

Sales

 

183

£1.9355

Ord 5p

Sales

 

67

£1.9365

Ord 5p

Sales

 

175

£1.9355

Ord 5p

Sales

 

126

£1.9360

Ord 5p

Sales

 

250

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

59

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

84

£1.9345

Ord 5p

Sales

 

129

£1.9360

Ord 5p

Sales

 

407

£1.9360

Ord 5p

Sales

 

897

£1.9380

Ord 5p

Sales

 

109

£1.9380

Ord 5p

Sales

 

59

£1.9380

Ord 5p

Sales

 

474

£1.9375

Ord 5p

Sales

 

136

£1.9355

Ord 5p

Sales

 

328

£1.9415

Ord 5p

Sales

 

807

£1.9425

Ord 5p

Sales

 

77

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

35

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

113

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

106

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

89

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

61

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

96

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

949

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

304

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

211

£1.9385

Ord 5p

Sales

 

48

£1.9400

Ord 5p

Sales

 

88

£1.9410

Ord 5p

Sales

 

64

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

91

£1.9390

Ord 5p

Sales

 

156

£1.9375

Ord 5p

Sales

 

514

£1.9375

Ord 5p

Sales

 

190

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Sales

 

57

£1.9360

Ord 5p

Sales

 

124

£1.9380

Ord 5p

Sales

 

22

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

70

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

559

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

87

£1.9385

Ord 5p

Sales

 

177

£1.9385

Ord 5p

Sales

 

632

£1.9385

Ord 5p

Sales

 

326

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

100

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

53

£1.9400

Ord 5p

Sales

 

267

£1.9390

Ord 5p

Sales

 

879

£1.9390

Ord 5p

Sales

 

76

£1.9390

Ord 5p

Sales

 

58

£1.9390

Ord 5p

Sales

 

29

£1.9385

Ord 5p

Sales

 

97

£1.9375

Ord 5p

Sales

 

102

£1.9390

Ord 5p

Sales

 

121

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

48

£1.9390

Ord 5p

Sales

 

86

£1.9395

Ord 5p

Sales

 

749

£1.9375

Ord 5p

Sales

 

170

£1.9385

Ord 5p

Sales

 

102

£1.9390

Ord 5p

Sales

 

241

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

158

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

176

£1.9380

Ord 5p

Sales

 

67

£1.9390

Ord 5p

Sales

 

74

£1.9385

Ord 5p

Sales

 

163

£1.9410

Ord 5p

Sales

 

14

£1.9405

Ord 5p

Sales

 

56,634

£1.9350

Ord 5p

Purchases

 

305,707

£1.9428

 

(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:

27.11.2017

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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