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RNS Number : 6567V
BlackRock Group
06 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
03 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:
581,353,660
7.09%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
28,421,828
0.34%
22,503,929
0.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
 TOTAL:
609,775,488
7.44%
22,503,929
0.27%
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
Sale
20,881
GBP 1.7910
5p ordinary
Sale
88,300
GBP 1.7965
5p ordinary
Sale
163,200
GBP 1.7968
(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
629,057
GBP 1.7929
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
734,630
GBP 1.7934
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing long
363,612
GBP 1.7935
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
880
GBP 1.7938
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
41
GBP 1.7876
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
26
GBP 1.7883
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
48
GBP 1.7892
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,112
GBP 1.7893
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
253
GBP 1.7893
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
56
GBP 1.7907
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
9,371
GBP 1.7908
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
61
GBP 1.7913
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
23
GBP 1.7917
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
232
GBP 1.7923
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
410
GBP 1.7926
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
76
GBP 1.7927
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
9,676
GBP 1.7930
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
764
GBP 1.7932
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
761
GBP 1.7933
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,039
GBP 1.7934
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
649
GBP 1.7936
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
163
GBP 1.7936
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
329
GBP 1.7937
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
43,779
GBP 1.7938
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
46
GBP 1.7940
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
81
GBP 1.7943
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,004
GBP 1.7943
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
743
GBP 1.7944
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,144
GBP 1.7945
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,520
GBP 1.7948
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,074
GBP 1.7948
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
964
GBP 1.7950
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,115
GBP 1.7952
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
96
GBP 1.7953
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
44
GBP 1.7954
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
762
GBP 1.7955
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,146
GBP 1.7957
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,089
GBP 1.7961
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
414
GBP 1.7963
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
2,992
GBP 1.7973
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
4,937
GBP 1.7988
(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 Out of Shares
199,980

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:
06 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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