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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: Man Group Plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Tesco plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 01st 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? YES / NO / N/A If YES, specify which: Booker Group plc
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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: 23,555,901 0.2876 0 0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 37,085,420 0.4528 23,853,922 0.2913
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 25,023,000 0.3055 10,009,000 0.1222
TOTAL: 85,664,321 1.0459 33,862,922 0.4135
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 18,000 1.7874
5p ordinary Purchase 30,900 1.7874
5p ordinary Purchase 11,600 1.7874
5p ordinary Purchase 31,300 1.7874
5p ordinary Purchase 12,700 1.7874
5p ordinary Purchase 3,700 1.7874
(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 (GBP)
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 18,300 1.7887
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3,700 1.7874
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 6,300 1.7887
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 5,800 1.7887
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 19,300 1.7887
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 222 1.7874
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 1,224 1.7855
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,452 1.7858
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,458 1.7955
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 2,108 1.7955
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 2,930 1.7849
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 18,567 1.7858
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 330 1.7858
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 16,306 1.7834
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 918 1.7855
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 1,290 1.7841
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 2,240 1.7847
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 9,927 1.7855
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 3,611 1.7954
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 4,328 1.7858
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 6,363 1.7849
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 1,847 1.7874
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 9,623 1.7959
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 67,965 1.7822
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 29,398 1.7933
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 34,459 1.7939
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 46,421 1.7965
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 35,095 1.7968
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 33,637 1.7937
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 130,325 1.7845
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 78,687 1.7773
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 61,779 1.7776
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 59,456 1.7827
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 48,557 1.7861
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 905 1.7841
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 5,384 1.7849
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 45,312 1.8065
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 4,459 1.7945
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 59,750 1.7854
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 22,059 1.8065
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 12,584 1.7854
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 2,172 1.7945
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 35,203 1.8065
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3,465 1.7945
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 2,301 1.7854
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 818 1.7844
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 139,533 1.7975
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 244,648 1.7841
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 5,080 1.7871
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 11,853 1.7844
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 505,052 1.7841
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 837,926 1.7871
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 298,688 1.7975
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 61,095 1.8065
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 6,014 1.7945
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 165,418 1.7854
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 7,590 1.8065
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 747 1.7945
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 473 1.7854
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 58,338 1.7841
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3,112 1.7867
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 115 1.7844
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 33,221 1.7975
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 79,469 1.7841
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,647 1.7867
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 222 1.7844
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 45,223 1.7975
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 10,996 1.8065
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,082 1.7945
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 179 1.7854
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 17,620 1.7975
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 9,530 1.8065
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 937 1.7945
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 1,529 1.7854
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3,169 1.8065
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 311 1.7945
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 936 1.7854
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 47 1.7844
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3,669 1.7867
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 24,037 1.7841
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 63,091 1.7975
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 10,081 1.8065
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 992 1.7945
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 3,782 1.7854
5p ordinary CFD Increasing a long positon 95 1.7844
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 37,262 1.7867
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 83,914 1.7841
5p ordinary CFD Reducing a long position 828 1.7867
(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
5p ordinary Sellling Selling 165 1.95 American 19/01/2018 0.0175
5p ordinary Purchasing Varying 221 1.7 American 17/11/2017 0.0075
5p ordinary Purchasing Varying 221 1.8 American 17/11/2017 0.0375
5p ordinary Selling Varying 14 1.95 American 19/01/2018 0.02
5p ordinary Selling Varying 330 1.95 American 19/01/2018 0.0175
5p ordinary Selling Varying 457 1.7 American 17/11/2017 0.0075
5p ordinary Selling Varying 13 1.8 American 17/11/2017 0.04
5p ordinary Selling Varying 444 1.8 American 17/11/2017 0.0375
5p ordinary Purchasing Varying 39 1.95 American 19/01/2018 0.0175
5p ordinary Selling Varying 53 1.7 American 17/11/2017 0.0075
5p ordinary Selling Varying 53 1.8 American 17/11/2017 0.0375
5p ordinary Selling Varying 54 1.95 American 19/01/2018 0.0175
5p ordinary Selling Varying 72 1.7 American 17/11/2017 0.0075
5p ordinary Purchasing Varying 72 1.8 American 17/11/2017 0.0375
5p ordinary Selling Varying 16 1.95 American 19/01/2018 0.0175
5p ordinary Selling Varying 22 1.7 American 17/11/2017 0.0075
5p ordinary Purchasing Varying 22 1.8 American 17/11/2017 0.0375
5p ordinary Purchasing Varying 56 1.95 American 19/01/2018 0.0175
5p ordinary Purchasing Varying 76 1.7 American 17/11/2017 0.0075
5p ordinary Purchasing Varying 76 1.8 American 17/11/2017 0.0375
(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? YES / NO
Date of disclosure: 02nd November 2017
Contact name: Matthew Irwin
Telephone number: 02071447255
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.
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)
DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS,
AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
Full name of person making disclosure: Man Group Plc
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates: Tesco plc
2. STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Written or purchased Number of securities to which option or derivative relates Exercise price per unit Type e.g. American, European etc. Expiry date
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 1,580.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 835.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 1,397.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Put Option Written 2,062.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 2,747.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 2,747.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 2,030.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 3,579.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 4,769.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 4,769.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 304.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 445.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 592.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 592.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 438.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 644.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
5p ordinary Put Option Purchased 858.00 1.7 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Put Option Written 858.00 1.8 American 17/11/2017
5p ordinary Call Option Purchased 378.00 1.95 American 19/01/2018
3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.
Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:
It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions)
with regard to cash-settled derivatives.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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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Source: Man Group PLC via Globenewswire