REG - Equiniti Share Plan Tesco PLC - Form 8.3 - TESCO PLC <Origin Href="QuoteRef">TSCO.L</Origin>

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13/07/2017 11:55

RNS Number : 9976K
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
13 July 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
12.07.2017
(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:
108,323,373*
1.32%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:




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




 TOTAL:
108,323,373
1.32%


*The change in the holding of 117,942 shares since the last disclosure on 12.07.2017 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 
543
1.7100
Ord 5p
Sales 
484
1.7060
Ord 5p
Sales 
435
1.7050
Ord 5p
Sales 
133
1.7050
Ord 5p
Sales 
194
1.7055
Ord 5p
Sales 
348
1.7065
Ord 5p
Sales 
957
1.7060
Ord 5p
Sales 
78
1.7050
Ord 5p
Sales 
107
1.7020
Ord 5p
Sales 
151
1.7045
Ord 5p
Sales 
261
1.7080
Ord 5p
Sales 
136
1.7070
Ord 5p
Sales 
284
1.7065
Ord 5p
Sales 
200
1.7070
Ord 5p
Sales 
330
1.7060
Ord 5p
Sales 
98
1.7045
Ord 5p
Sales 
169
1.7045
Ord 5p
Sales 
89
1.7095
Ord 5p
Sales 
252
1.7095
Ord 5p
Sales 
515
1.7100
Ord 5p
Sales 
335
1.7095
Ord 5p
Sales 
485
1.7105
Ord 5p
Sales 
121
1.7100
Ord 5p
Sales 
160
1.7100
Ord 5p
Sales 
79
1.7055
Ord 5p
Sales 
90
1.7055
Ord 5p
Sales 
191
1.7055
Ord 5p
Sales 
72
1.7060
Ord 5p
Sales 
158
1.7065
Ord 5p
Sales 
268
1.7070
Ord 5p
Sales 
201
1.7055
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,868
1.7055
Ord 5p
Sales 
225
1.7050
Ord 5p
Sales 
677
1.7035
Ord 5p
Sales 
127
1.7050
Ord 5p
Sales 
502
1.7055
Ord 5p
Sales 
402
1.7045
Ord 5p
Sales 
172
1.7065
Ord 5p
Sales 
115
1.7090
Ord 5p
Sales 
707
1.7080
Ord 5p
Sales 
84
1.7080
Ord 5p
Sales 
354
1.7080
Ord 5p
Sales 
378
1.7090
Ord 5p
Sales 
400
1.7065
Ord 5p
Sales 
405
1.7050
Ord 5p
Sales 
178
1.7050
Ord 5p
Sales 
221
1.7055
Ord 5p
Sales 
201
1.7070
Ord 5p
Sales 
354
1.7075
Ord 5p
Sales 
659
1.7075
Ord 5p
Sales 
398
1.7085
Ord 5p
Sales 
322
1.7085
Ord 5p
Sales 
157
1.7100
Ord 5p
Sales 
169
1.7090
Ord 5p
Sales 
118
1.7085
Ord 5p
Sales 
96
1.7115
Ord 5p
Sales 
352
1.7060
Ord 5p
Sales 
121
1.7060
Ord 5p
Sales 
441
1.7055
Ord 5p
Sales 
266
1.7035
Ord 5p
Sales 
87
1.7060
Ord 5p
Sales 
194
1.7075
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,340
1.7065
Ord 5p
Sales 
131
1.7090
Ord 5p
Sales 
79
1.7095
Ord 5p
Sales 
181
1.7095
Ord 5p
Sales 
485
1.7115
Ord 5p
Sales 
72
1.7115
Ord 5p
Sales 
82
1.7105
Ord 5p
Sales 
180
1.7100
Ord 5p
Sales 
177
1.7105
Ord 5p
Sales 
166
1.7105
Ord 5p
Sales 
45
1.7105
Ord 5p
Sales 
83
1.7090
Ord 5p
Sales 
3,291
1.7065
Ord 5p
Sales 
119
1.7070
Ord 5p
Sales 
202
1.7085
Ord 5p
Sales 
420
1.7090
Ord 5p
Sales 
99
1.7060
Ord 5p
Sales 
134
1.7080
Ord 5p
Sales 
111
1.7100
Ord 5p
Sales 
320
1.7105
Ord 5p
Sales 
52
1.7170
Ord 5p
Sales 
122
1.7175
Ord 5p
Sales 
365
1.7175
Ord 5p
Sales 
318
1.7180
Ord 5p
Sales 
155
1.7215
Ord 5p
Sales 
783
1.7195
Ord 5p
Sales 
127
1.7180
Ord 5p
Sales 
135
1.7150
Ord 5p
Sales 
47,979
1.7070
(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:
13.07.2017
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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