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RNS Number : 5539V
BlackRock Group
03 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:
BlackRock, Inc.
(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.
N/A
(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
02 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 plc
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:
581,826,021
7.10%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
28,058,216
0.34%
23,776,456
0.29%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
 TOTAL:
609,884,237
7.44%
23,776,456
0.29%
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
161,553
GBP 1.7960
5p ordinary
Sale
135,200
GBP 1.8100
(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
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
402,873
GBP 1.7958
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing long
258,371
GBP 1.7972
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
2,348
GBP 1.7977
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
65,888
GBP 1.7981
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,558
GBP 1.7748
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,771
GBP 1.7768
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,272
GBP 1.7808
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,335
GBP 1.7821
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,927
GBP 1.7845
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,004
GBP 1.7853
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,325
GBP 1.7858
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,945
GBP 1.7868
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
15
GBP 1.7883
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,289
GBP 1.7893
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,364
GBP 1.7893
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,461
GBP 1.7894
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,613
GBP 1.7904
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,596
GBP 1.7904
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,330
GBP 1.7908
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,948
GBP 1.7919
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,180
GBP 1.7926
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,579
GBP 1.7928
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,253
GBP 1.7932
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
446
GBP 1.7933
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
836
GBP 1.7938
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,526
GBP 1.7948
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
119
GBP 1.7953
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
10
GBP 1.7956
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
23,023
GBP 1.7958
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
48
GBP 1.7961
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
87,234
GBP 1.7962
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
616
GBP 1.7965
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,271
GBP 1.7973
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
451
GBP 1.7982
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
888
GBP 1.7983
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
580
GBP 1.7985
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,185
GBP 1.7986
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,484
GBP 1.7990
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,159
GBP 1.7990
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,956
GBP 1.7992
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
3
GBP 1.7995
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,223
GBP 1.7997
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,266
GBP 1.8009
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,378
GBP 1.8010
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,269
GBP 1.8013
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,213
GBP 1.8014
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,161
GBP 1.8021
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,297
GBP 1.8026
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,270
GBP 1.8028
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2
GBP 1.8036
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,274
GBP 1.8043
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
35
GBP 1.8046
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,267
GBP 1.8048
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,262
GBP 1.8056
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,261
GBP 1.8061
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,265
GBP 1.8068
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,296
GBP 1.8076
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,305
GBP 1.8111
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,259
GBP 1.8113
(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)
5p ordinary
Transfer In of Shares
23,828

5p ordinary
Transfer In of Shares
389,816

5p ordinary
Transfer Out of Shares
389,816

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:
03 November 2017
Contact name:
Andrew Manchester
Telephone number:
+44 20 7743 3650
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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