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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:                                                                                     07 (th)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:  

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:                                    25,796,380  0.3150       0          0     
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                       35,392,806  0.4321  24,874,506   0.3037   
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:  25,023,000  0.3055  10,009,000   0.1222   
 TOTAL:                                                                              86,212,186  1.0526  34,883,506   0.4259   

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                   94,800          1.7658 
         5p ordinary            Purchase                   29,700          1.7658 
         5p ordinary            Purchase                   37,600          1.7658 
         5p ordinary            Purchase                   56,900          1.7658 
         5p ordinary            Purchase                   54,100          1.7658 
         5p ordinary            Purchase                   20,400          1.7658 
         5p ordinary            Purchase                   54,800          1.7658 
         5p ordinary            Purchase                   12,000          1.7658 
         5p ordinary            Purchase                    6,500          1.7658 
         5p ordinary            Purchase                  713,479          1.7648 

(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                           Increasing a long position                                                                                                       131,031                1.7608 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Reducing a short position                                                                                                         99,526                1.7680 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       93,754                1.7641 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       81,776                1.7682 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       79,323                1.7705 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       75,206                1.7659 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       64,384                1.7685 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       60,474                1.7706 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       56,552                1.7638 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       55,441                1.7699 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       51,943                1.7701 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       50,993                1.7715 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       46,794                1.7746 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       44,772                1.7634 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       43,027                1.7689 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       42,908                1.7658 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       34,686                1.7660 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       29,685                1.7678 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                       14,521                1.7745 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                        4,419                1.7660 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                        3,859                1.7660 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                        2,874                1.7659 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                        2,865                1.7659 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                        2,142                1.7660 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Reducing a short position                                                                                                          1,530                1.7660 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a short position                                                                                                          656                1.7659 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Reducing a short position                                                                                                            388                1.7660 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Reducing a short position                                                                                                            227                1.7660 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Reducing a short position                                                                                                            185                1.7660 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Reducing a short position                                                                                                            146                1.7659 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Reducing a short position                                                                                                          7,240                1.7660 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Reducing a short position                                                                                                         13,700                1.7663 
 5p ordinary                 CFD                           Increasing a long position                                                                                                        46,900                1.7658 

(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?  YES / NO  

 Date of disclosure:  08 (th)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  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                          1,654.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                            806.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                          1,290.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                          2,062.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                          2,237.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                          3,579.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                            278.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                            445.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                            402.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                            644.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                            347.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                            115.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                            186.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                            371.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Call Option                 Purchased                                            598.00                                                        1.95 American                                         19/01/2018 Call Option  
 Put Option                  Purchased                                          2,747.00                                                         1.7 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Purchased                                          4,769.00                                                         1.7 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Purchased                                            592.00                                                         1.7 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Purchased                                            858.00                                                         1.7 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Purchased                                            247.00                                                         1.7 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Purchased                                            796.00                                                         1.7 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Written                                            2,747.00                                                         1.8 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Written                                            4,769.00                                                         1.8 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Written                                              592.00                                                         1.8 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Written                                              858.00                                                         1.8 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Written                                              247.00                                                         1.8 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   
 Put Option                  Written                                              796.00                                                         1.8 American                                         17/11/2017 Put Option   

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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