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RNS Number : 0648W
BlackRock Group
09 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
08 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:
581,865,197
7.10%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
28,049,860
0.34%
23,105,609
0.28%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
 TOTAL:
609,915,057
7.44%
23,105,609
0.28%
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
242,205
GBP 1.7594
5p ordinary
Purchase
2,776
GBP 1.7685
5p ordinary
Sale
59,802
GBP 1.7685
(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
165
GBP 1.7555
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
157
GBP 1.7556
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
143
GBP 1.7557
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
174
GBP 1.7558
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
159
GBP 1.7558
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
157
GBP 1.7559
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
139
GBP 1.7561
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
160
GBP 1.7562
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
138
GBP 1.7563
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
145
GBP 1.7563
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
29
GBP 1.7567
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
143
GBP 1.7567
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
152
GBP 1.7572
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
163
GBP 1.7573
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
85
GBP 1.7577
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
128
GBP 1.7577
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
254
GBP 1.7580
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
159
GBP 1.7581
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
160
GBP 1.7583
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
143
GBP 1.7585
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
201
GBP 1.7585
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
146
GBP 1.7589
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
152
GBP 1.7590
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
183
GBP 1.7590
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
168
GBP 1.7590
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
218
GBP 1.7593
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
175
GBP 1.7594
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
165
GBP 1.7597
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
185
GBP 1.7598
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1
GBP 1.7607
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
195
GBP 1.7607
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
219
GBP 1.7610
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
219
GBP 1.7611
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
170
GBP 1.7614
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
270
GBP 1.7630
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
310
GBP 1.7632
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
151
GBP 1.7647
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
321
GBP 1.7648
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
435
GBP 1.7667
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
328,843
GBP 1.7670
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,996
GBP 1.7687
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing long
371,541
GBP 1.7615
(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
225,541

5p ordinary
Transfer In of Shares
165,183

5p ordinary
Transfer In of Shares
27,297

5p ordinary
Transfer Out of Shares
225,541

5p ordinary
Transfer Out of Shares
12,012

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:
09 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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