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RNS Number : 4220O
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
18 August 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
17.08.2017
(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:
106,980,986*
1.31%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:




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




 TOTAL:
106,980,986
1.31%


*The change in the holding of 19,472 shares since the last disclosure on 17.08.2017 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 
1,451
1.7855
Ord 5p
Sales 
486
1.7825
Ord 5p
Sales 
64
1.7830
Ord 5p
Sales 
214
1.7795
Ord 5p
Sales 
137
1.7795
Ord 5p
Sales 
690
1.7795
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,493
1.7780
Ord 5p
Sales 
652
1.7780
Ord 5p
Sales 
117
1.7770
Ord 5p
Sales 
340
1.7780
Ord 5p
Sales 
320
1.7800
Ord 5p
Sales 
101
1.7810
Ord 5p
Sales 
88
1.7795
Ord 5p
Sales 
197
1.7790
Ord 5p
Sales 
36
1.7780
Ord 5p
Sales 
278
1.7815
Ord 5p
Sales 
3,719
1.7850
Ord 5p
Sales 
203
1.7880
Ord 5p
Sales 
203
1.7880
Ord 5p
Sales 
502
1.7875
Ord 5p
Sales 
83
1.7900
Ord 5p
Sales 
400
1.7915
Ord 5p
Sales 
151
1.7915
Ord 5p
Sales 
338
1.7885
Ord 5p
Sales 
167
1.7890
Ord 5p
Sales 
112
1.7895
Ord 5p
Sales 
614
1.7890
Ord 5p
Sales 
83
1.7885
Ord 5p
Sales 
94
1.7875
Ord 5p
Sales 
284
1.7910
Ord 5p
Sales 
132
1.7940
Ord 5p
Sales 
24
1.7925
Ord 5p
Sales 
136
1.7940
Ord 5p
Sales 
271
1.7935
Ord 5p
Sales 
118
1.7960
Ord 5p
Sales 
105
1.7950
Ord 5p
Sales 
581
1.7920
Ord 5p
Sales 
137
1.7925
Ord 5p
Sales 
60
1.7915
Ord 5p
Sales 
584
1.7930
Ord 5p
Sales 
233
1.7915
Ord 5p
Sales 
55
1.7900
Ord 5p
Sales 
183
1.7940
Ord 5p
Sales 
112
1.7940
Ord 5p
Sales 
167
1.7930
Ord 5p
Sales 
719
1.7930
Ord 5p
Sales 
429
1.7930
Ord 5p
Sales 
396
1.7910
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,408
1.7940
Ord 5p
Sales 
191
1.7970
Ord 5p
Sales 
744
1.7985
Ord 5p
Sales 
600
1.7990
Ord 5p
Sales 
267
1.7995
Ord 5p
Sales 
250
1.7995
Ord 5p
Sales 
52
1.8000
Ord 5p
Sales 
91
1.7990
Ord 5p
Sales 
165
1.8005
Ord 5p
Sales 
95
1.7995
Ord 5p
Sales 
182
1.8000
Ord 5p
Sales 
49,635
1.7820
(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:
18.08.2017
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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