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RNS Number : 2022W
BlackRock Group
10 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
09 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:
581,700,350
7.10%
0
0.00%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
28,094,317
0.34%
22,767,356
0.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
 TOTAL:
609,794,667
7.44%
22,767,356
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
Purchase
40,206
GBP 1.7680
5p ordinary
Sale
131,700
GBP 1.7560
5p ordinary
Sale
58,033
GBP 1.7615
5p ordinary
Sale
7,616
GBP 1.7655
5p ordinary
Sale
7,704
GBP 1.7680
(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
1,121
GBP 1.7542
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,330
GBP 1.7543
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,166
GBP 1.7543
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
228
GBP 1.7547
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
52
GBP 1.7547
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
339
GBP 1.7547
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
208
GBP 1.7548
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
3,928
GBP 1.7552
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
891
GBP 1.7552
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
976
GBP 1.7552
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
41
GBP 1.7554
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
4
GBP 1.7554
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,348
GBP 1.7557
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,071
GBP 1.7559
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
2,229
GBP 1.7562
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
231
GBP 1.7564
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
729
GBP 1.7567
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
118
GBP 1.7568
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
308
GBP 1.7569
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
357
GBP 1.7569
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
2,791
GBP 1.7571
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
376
GBP 1.7573
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
909
GBP 1.7574
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
200
GBP 1.7575
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,041
GBP 1.7575
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,047
GBP 1.7577
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
325
GBP 1.7578
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
919
GBP 1.7578
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
363
GBP 1.7578
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
6,408
GBP 1.7582
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
183
GBP 1.7589
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
246
GBP 1.7591
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
408
GBP 1.7592
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
2,020
GBP 1.7597
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
22,357
GBP 1.7597
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,348
GBP 1.7599
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
299
GBP 1.7602
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
292
GBP 1.7603
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
318
GBP 1.7604
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,299
GBP 1.7607
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
344
GBP 1.7609
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
391
GBP 1.7611
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,814
GBP 1.7617
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,606
GBP 1.7622
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,052
GBP 1.7623
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
3,810
GBP 1.7631
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
308
GBP 1.7632
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
301
GBP 1.7636
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
225
GBP 1.7637
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
297
GBP 1.7639
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
281
GBP 1.7641
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,035
GBP 1.7642
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing long
34,359
GBP 1.7645
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
109,885
GBP 1.7650
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
338
GBP 1.7651
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,625
GBP 1.7652
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
318
GBP 1.7652
5p ordinary
CFD
Increasing long
10,098
GBP 1.7654
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
277
GBP 1.7657
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
2,673
GBP 1.7662
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
275
GBP 1.7663
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
21,620
GBP 1.7682
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
3,723
GBP 1.7684
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
101,622
GBP 1.7688
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,647
GBP 1.7689
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
919
GBP 1.7702
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
3,094
GBP 1.7705
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
5,564
GBP 1.7706
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
439
GBP 1.7708
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
88
GBP 1.7710
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
222
GBP 1.7711
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
341
GBP 1.7711
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
503
GBP 1.7712
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,974
GBP 1.7713
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
2,017
GBP 1.7713
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
674
GBP 1.7717
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
2,986
GBP 1.7722
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
433
GBP 1.7723
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
2,493
GBP 1.7727
5p ordinary
CFD
Reducing short
1,215
GBP 1.7729
(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:
10 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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