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RNS Number : 5887T
Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Ltd
13 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
12.10.2017
(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:
103,515,071
1.26%


(2) Cash-settled derivatives:




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




 TOTAL:
103,515,071
1.26%


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 
80
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
118
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
324
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,980
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales 
69
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales 
77
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
213
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
36
1.8580
Ord 5p
Sales 
64
1.8580
Ord 5p
Sales 
241
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales 
110
1.8580
Ord 5p
Sales 
269
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales 
126
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales 
157
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
334
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
128
1.8580
Ord 5p
Sales 
64
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,425
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
147
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
92
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
800
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
247
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
53
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
100
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
2,130
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
575
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
128
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
428
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
164
1.8575
Ord 5p
Sales 
106
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
563
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
119
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
367
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
57
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
155
1.8555
Ord 5p
Sales 
140
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
67
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
493
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
421
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
91
1.8550
Ord 5p
Sales 
253
1.8550
Ord 5p
Sales 
315
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
589
1.8555
Ord 5p
Sales 
86
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
237
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
92
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
515
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
42
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
108
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
55
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
210
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
185
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
80
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
143
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
133
1.8555
Ord 5p
Sales 
93
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
66
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
132
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
186
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
494
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
401
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales 
336
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
677
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales 
22
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
595
1.8620
Ord 5p
Sales 
181
1.8620
Ord 5p
Sales 
139
1.8615
Ord 5p
Sales 
106
1.8620
Ord 5p
Sales 
50
1.8625
Ord 5p
Sales 
154
1.8620
Ord 5p
Sales 
256
1.8630
Ord 5p
Sales 
118
1.8630
Ord 5p
Sales 
327
1.8630
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,190
1.8625
Ord 5p
Sales 
742
1.8630
Ord 5p
Sales 
297
1.8630
Ord 5p
Sales 
81
1.8630
Ord 5p
Sales 
106
1.8630
Ord 5p
Sales 
363
1.8625
Ord 5p
Sales 
39
1.8645
Ord 5p
Sales 
162
1.8645
Ord 5p
Sales 
150
1.8640
Ord 5p
Sales 
131
1.8635
Ord 5p
Sales 
366
1.8635
Ord 5p
Sales 
293
1.8640
Ord 5p
Sales 
36
1.8645
Ord 5p
Sales 
67
1.8645
Ord 5p
Sales 
97
1.8640
Ord 5p
Sales 
363
1.8640
Ord 5p
Sales 
261
1.8640
Ord 5p
Sales 
131
1.8640
Ord 5p
Sales 
103
1.8630
Ord 5p
Sales 
359
1.8625
Ord 5p
Sales 
102
1.8630
Ord 5p
Sales 
177
1.8625
Ord 5p
Sales 
136
1.8640
Ord 5p
Sales 
226
1.8640
Ord 5p
Sales 
279
1.8625
Ord 5p
Sales 
161
1.8640
Ord 5p
Sales 
840
1.8620
Ord 5p
Sales 
55
1.8615
Ord 5p
Sales 
200
1.8635
Ord 5p
Sales 
238
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
185
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
37
1.8605
Ord 5p
Sales 
138
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
764
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
76
1.8615
Ord 5p
Sales 
82
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
147
1.8605
Ord 5p
Sales 
78
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
37
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
135
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
226
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
160
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
461
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
176
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
165
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
260
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
97
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
251
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
301
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales 
168
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales 
88
1.8580
Ord 5p
Sales 
211
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
62
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
78
1.8580
Ord 5p
Sales 
603
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
268
1.8585
Ord 5p
Sales 
199
1.8605
Ord 5p
Sales 
88
1.8610
Ord 5p
Sales 
146
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
334
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
269
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
913
1.8605
Ord 5p
Sales 
166
1.8625
Ord 5p
Sales 
300
1.8625
Ord 5p
Sales 
182
1.8625
Ord 5p
Sales 
234
1.8630
Ord 5p
Sales 
91
1.8645
Ord 5p
Sales 
271
1.8645
Ord 5p
Sales 
210
1.8660
Ord 5p
Sales 
250
1.8610
Ord 5p
Sales 
267
1.8610
Ord 5p
Sales 
726
1.8610
Ord 5p
Sales 
272
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
322
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
81
1.8595
Ord 5p
Sales 
159
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
141
1.8605
Ord 5p
Sales 
819
1.8620
Ord 5p
Sales 
57
1.8600
Ord 5p
Sales 
110
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
107
1.8575
Ord 5p
Sales 
272
1.8580
Ord 5p
Sales 
81
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
340
1.8590
Ord 5p
Sales 
220
1.8550
Ord 5p
Sales 
161
1.8570
Ord 5p
Sales 
1,060
1.8540
Ord 5p
Sales 
93
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
168
1.8555
Ord 5p
Sales 
354
1.8565
Ord 5p
Sales 
154
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
42
1.8560
Ord 5p
Sales 
215
1.8555
Ord 5p
Sales 
406
1.8555
Ord 5p
Sales 
87
1.8575
Ord 5p
Sales 
56,695
1.8565
(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:
13.10.2017
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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