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REG-Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - [Tesco plc] <Origin Href="QuoteRef">EMG.L</Origin> <Origin Href="QuoteRef">TSCO.L</Origin>

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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.
This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf of
Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for
the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Man Group PLC via Globenewswire

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