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RNS Number : 9151I
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
22 June 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:
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited
(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.
The Tesco PLC Share Incentive Plan
(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
21.06.2017
(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"
NO
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:
Ordinary Shares of 5p each
Interests
Short positions

Number
%
Number
%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
109,587,028*
1.34%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:




(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:




 TOTAL:
109,587,028
1.34%


*The change in the holding of 4,309 shares since the last disclosure on 21.06.2017 date is due to the transfer out of a discretionary holding.
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
Ord 5p
Sales 
94
1.6800
Ord 5p
Sales 
51
1.6810
Ord 5p
Sales 
239
1.6800
Ord 5p
Sales 
236
1.6805
Ord 5p
Sales 
246
1.6780
Ord 5p
Sales 
329
1.6805
Ord 5p
Sales 
106
1.6815
Ord 5p
Sales 
74
1.6825
Ord 5p
Sales 
89
1.6835
Ord 5p
Sales 
112
1.6870
Ord 5p
Sales 
134
1.6865
Ord 5p
Sales 
215
1.6850
Ord 5p
Sales 
120
1.6845
Ord 5p
Sales 
97
1.6825
Ord 5p
Sales 
86
1.6840
Ord 5p
Sales 
111
1.6800
Ord 5p
Sales 
324
1.6810
Ord 5p
Sales 
202
1.6810
Ord 5p
Sales 
311
1.6815
Ord 5p
Sales 
165
1.6815
Ord 5p
Sales 
93
1.6820
Ord 5p
Sales 
60
1.6820
Ord 5p
Sales 
54
1.6820
Ord 5p
Sales 
76
1.6815
Ord 5p
Sales 
314
1.6825
Ord 5p
Sales 
80
1.6820
Ord 5p
Sales 
403
1.6800
Ord 5p
Sales 
55
1.6810
Ord 5p
Sales 
167
1.6785
Ord 5p
Sales 
93
1.6810
Ord 5p
Sales 
284
1.6795
Ord 5p
Sales 
182
1.6800
Ord 5p
Sales 
296
1.6810
Ord 5p
Sales 
565
1.6850
Ord 5p
Sales 
201
1.6825
Ord 5p
Sales 
463
1.6795
Ord 5p
Sales 
61
1.6785
Ord 5p
Sales 
152
1.6780
Ord 5p
Sales 
181
1.6785
Ord 5p
Sales 
71
1.6785
Ord 5p
Sales 
255
1.6790
Ord 5p
Sales 
216
1.6785
Ord 5p
Sales 
100
1.6785
Ord 5p
Sales 
557
1.6780
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,050
1.6780
Ord 5p
Sales 
97
1.6785
Ord 5p
Sales 
77
1.6780
Ord 5p
Sales 
97
1.6785
Ord 5p
Sales 
161
1.6745
Ord 5p
Sales 
75
1.6750
Ord 5p
Sales 
222
1.6750
Ord 5p
Sales 
263
1.6745
Ord 5p
Sales 
117
1.6745
Ord 5p
Sales 
137
1.6750
Ord 5p
Sales 
144
1.6755
Ord 5p
Sales 
182
1.6760
Ord 5p
Sales 
177
1.6740
Ord 5p
Sales 
596
1.6705
Ord 5p
Sales 
264
1.6720
Ord 5p
Sales 
77
1.6755
Ord 5p
Sales 
123
1.6750
Ord 5p
Sales 
127
1.6770
Ord 5p
Sales 
85
1.6765
Ord 5p
Sales 
227
1.6780
Ord 5p
Sales 
96
1.6745
Ord 5p
Sales 
246
1.6740
Ord 5p
Sales 
107
1.6750
Ord 5p
Sales 
73
1.6750
Ord 5p
Sales 
252
1.6735
Ord 5p
Sales 
143
1.6760
Ord 5p
Sales 
72
1.6790
Ord 5p
Sales 
244
1.6720
Ord 5p
Sales 
149
1.6775
Ord 5p
Sales 
152
1.6795
Ord 5p
Sales 
30,420
1.6775
(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




(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:
22.06.2017
Contact name:
Wendy Butcher
Telephone number:
01903 833375
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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