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

TescoAnnouncement

03/10/2017 12:06

RNS Number : 5669S
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
03 October 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
02.10.2017
(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:
104,176,078*
1.27%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:




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




 TOTAL:
104,176,078
1.27%


*The change in the holding of 42,146 shares since the last disclosure on 02.10.2017 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 
638
1.8675
Ord 5p
Sales 
215
1.8690
Ord 5p
Sales 
146
1.8725
Ord 5p
Sales 
87
1.8730
Ord 5p
Sales 
104
1.8730
Ord 5p
Sales 
137
1.8740
Ord 5p
Sales 
87
1.8710
Ord 5p
Sales 
155
1.8710
Ord 5p
Sales 
350
1.8705
Ord 5p
Sales 
103
1.8690
Ord 5p
Sales 
170
1.8680
Ord 5p
Sales 
43
1.8690
Ord 5p
Sales 
104
1.8660
Ord 5p
Sales 
111
1.8650
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,066
1.8685
Ord 5p
Sales 
37
1.8695
Ord 5p
Sales 
291
1.8710
Ord 5p
Sales 
909
1.8735
Ord 5p
Sales 
3,122
1.8730
Ord 5p
Sales 
201
1.8735
Ord 5p
Sales 
215
1.8735
Ord 5p
Sales 
133
1.8730
Ord 5p
Sales 
445
1.8745
Ord 5p
Sales 
95
1.8755
Ord 5p
Sales 
422
1.8745
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,070
1.8750
Ord 5p
Sales 
213
1.8795
Ord 5p
Sales 
478
1.8770
Ord 5p
Sales 
92
1.8770
Ord 5p
Sales 
165
1.8780
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,291
1.8785
Ord 5p
Sales 
53
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
477
1.8750
Ord 5p
Sales 
359
1.8745
Ord 5p
Sales 
74
1.8735
Ord 5p
Sales 
374
1.8735
Ord 5p
Sales 
135
1.8725
Ord 5p
Sales 
212
1.8735
Ord 5p
Sales 
957
1.8710
Ord 5p
Sales 
488
1.8705
Ord 5p
Sales 
65
1.8735
Ord 5p
Sales 
107
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
199
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
522
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
137
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
382
1.8780
Ord 5p
Sales 
159
1.8785
Ord 5p
Sales 
199
1.8755
Ord 5p
Sales 
293
1.8780
Ord 5p
Sales 
157
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
166
1.8765
Ord 5p
Sales 
436
1.8780
Ord 5p
Sales 
747
1.8800
Ord 5p
Sales 
231
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
800
1.8815
Ord 5p
Sales 
44
1.8815
Ord 5p
Sales 
522
1.8815
Ord 5p
Sales 
122
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
381
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
87
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
134
1.8810
Ord 5p
Sales 
137
1.8785
Ord 5p
Sales 
723
1.8810
Ord 5p
Sales 
643
1.8795
Ord 5p
Sales 
25
1.8795
Ord 5p
Sales 
244
1.8805
Ord 5p
Sales 
139
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
500
1.8815
Ord 5p
Sales 
694
1.8815
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,787
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
275
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
895
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
97
1.8835
Ord 5p
Sales 
114
1.8825
Ord 5p
Sales 
158
1.8800
Ord 5p
Sales 
239
1.8800
Ord 5p
Sales 
812
1.8795
Ord 5p
Sales 
724
1.8810
Ord 5p
Sales 
196
1.8815
Ord 5p
Sales 
183
1.8830
Ord 5p
Sales 
213
1.8820
Ord 5p
Sales 
288
1.8800
Ord 5p
Sales 
244
1.8790
Ord 5p
Sales 
461
1.8780
Ord 5p
Sales 
245
1.8780
Ord 5p
Sales 
249
1.8745
Ord 5p
Sales 
125
1.8855
Ord 5p
Sales 
241
1.8805
Ord 5p
Sales 
168
1.8780
Ord 5p
Sales 
40,884
1.8790
(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:
03.10.2017
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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