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RNS Number : 7834V
BlackRock Group
07 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
06 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:
581,440,651
7.09%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
28,421,401
0.34%
24,280,344
0.29%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
 TOTAL:
609,862,052
7.44%
24,280,344
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
20,640
GBP 1.7655
5p ordinary
Sale
48,999
GBP 1.7655
(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
681
GBP 1.7628
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
440
GBP 1.7632
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
266
GBP 1.7642
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
416
GBP 1.7651
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
355
GBP 1.7651
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
25
GBP 1.7652
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
711
GBP 1.7652
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
5,577
GBP 1.7657
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
868
GBP 1.7658
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
384
GBP 1.7659
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
438
GBP 1.7661
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
245,115
GBP 1.7662
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
382
GBP 1.7663
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
650
GBP 1.7664
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
429
GBP 1.7666
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
38
GBP 1.7667
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
90
GBP 1.7672
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
666
GBP 1.7674
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
702
GBP 1.7677
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
48
GBP 1.7677
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,044
GBP 1.7681
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
113,177
GBP 1.7684
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,328
GBP 1.7688
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
411
GBP 1.7689
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
401
GBP 1.7691
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
61
GBP 1.7692
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
2
GBP 1.7698
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
378
GBP 1.7698
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
329
GBP 1.7699
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
378
GBP 1.7699
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
402
GBP 1.7699
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
383
GBP 1.7718
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
413
GBP 1.7722
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
347
GBP 1.7734
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
6
GBP 1.7748
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
5
GBP 1.7757
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
572
GBP 1.7762
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
5
GBP 1.7766
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
5
GBP 1.7777
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
5
GBP 1.7784
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
3,310
GBP 1.7787
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
6
GBP 1.7788
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
6
GBP 1.7801
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
225
GBP 1.7832
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
6
GBP 1.7836
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
6
GBP 1.7902
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
805,920
GBP 1.7664
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
1,000,000
GBP 1.7670
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
282,777
GBP 1.7673
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing long
427
GBP 1.7680
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing short
69,210
GBP 1.7707
(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
173,383

5p ordinary
Transfer Out of Shares
58,033

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:
07 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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