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RNS Number : 5653W
Artemis Investment Management LLP
15 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:
Artemis Investment Management LLP
(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.

(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
14 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 
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:
170,606,651
2.08


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,439,727
0.03


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




 TOTAL:
173,046,378
2.11


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 Form8 (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
4,238
1.7993GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
25,792
1.8GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
6,310
1.858GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
8,528
1.85825GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
35,501
1.8585GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
19,362
1.859GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
26,269
1.8595GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
21,391
1.85975GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
287,858
1.86GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
24,535
1.8605GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
16,033
1.861GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
45,451
1.86125GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
25,152
1.8615GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
6,211
1.86175GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
65,557
1.862GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
3,261
1.86225GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
140,193
1.8625GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
23,365
1.86275GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
28,998
1.863GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
5,320
1.863125GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
34,026
1.86325GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
158,742
1.8635GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
44,074
1.86375GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
94,896
1.864GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
5,000
1.864125GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
45,687
1.86425GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
14,553
1.8645GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
4,308
1.864625GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
48,953
1.86475GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
56,796
1.865GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
25,663
1.852GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
3,795
1.8555GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
41,218
1.856GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
4,689
1.8563GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
45,932
1.8565GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
17,127
1.8568GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
17,818
1.857GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
3,710
1.8573GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
41,147
1.8575GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
8,394
1.8578GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
2,882
1.858GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
56,499
1.8583GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
148,641
1.8585GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
6,641
1.8588GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
16,296
1.859GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
8,810
1.8591GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
56,290
1.8593GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
49,283
1.8595GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
91,122
1.8598GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
354,043
1.86GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
5,040
1.8673GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
13,532
1.8675GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
4,396
1.8685GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
74,586
1.869GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
47,415
1.8693GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
136,329
1.8695GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
42,101
1.8698GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
186,356
1.87GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
17,289
1.8825GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
556,934
1.8828GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
140,893
1.883GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
296,365
1.8833GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
132,393
1.8835GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
19,396
1.8838GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
41,669
1.8843GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
32,089
1.8845GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
4,338
1.8848GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
102,150
1.885GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
123,555
1.8853GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
85,990
1.8855GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
8,586
1.8865GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
105,527
1.8868GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
158,009
1.8873GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
391,850
1.8875GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
67,619
1.8885GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
60,970
1.889GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
34,896
1.8893GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
10,761
1.8895GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
272,669
1.89GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
2,848,919
1.864219GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
1,761,514
1.8575GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
810,903
1.8595GBP
5p ordinary
Purchase
1,151,081
1.864219GBP
(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:
15 November 2017
Contact name:
Ashley Lee
Telephone number:
0207 399 6067
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.

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